jazzer

English

Etymology

From jazz +‎ -er.

Noun

jazzer (plural jazzers)

1. (colloquial, rare) Something with energy or pizzazz. [from 20th c.]
2. (colloquial) A jazz musician; someone who likes or dances to jazz music. [from 20th c.]
   • 2004, Harris M. Berger, Giovanna Del Negro, Identity and everyday life, page 106:

     Unlike the players from the other scenes, however, the Cleveland jazzers would also engage in reflexive thought even when there are no immediate problems.

   • 2021, Gavin Plumley, “A Boulevardier Writes…”, in Literary Review, 497, June:

     Taking an opportunity to follow jazzer Paul Whiteman's band to Berlin, he remained in the German capital until Hitler's rise to power.

Synonyms

• jazzbo
• jazzist
• jazzman
• jazzster
• jazzperson
• jitterbug

Translations

a jazz musician

• Portuguese: jazzista (pt) m or f
• Spanish: jazzista (es) m or f

French

Etymology

From jazz +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒa.ze/ ~ /dʒɑ.ze/

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Verb

jazzer

1. to jazz (play jazz music)

Conjugation

Conjugation of jazzer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	jazzer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	jazzant /dʒa.zɑ̃/ or /dʒɑ.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		jazzé /dʒa.ze/ or /dʒɑ.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	jazze /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/	jazzes /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/	jazze /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/	jazzons /dʒa.zɔ̃/ or /dʒɑ.zɔ̃/	jazzez /dʒa.ze/ or /dʒɑ.ze/	jazzent /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/
	imperfect	jazzais /dʒa.zɛ/ or /dʒɑ.zɛ/	jazzais /dʒa.zɛ/ or /dʒɑ.zɛ/	jazzait /dʒa.zɛ/ or /dʒɑ.zɛ/	jazzions /dʒa.zjɔ̃/ or /dʒɑ.zjɔ̃/	jazziez /dʒa.zje/ or /dʒɑ.zje/	jazzaient /dʒa.zɛ/ or /dʒɑ.zɛ/
	past historic2	jazzai /dʒa.ze/ or /dʒɑ.ze/	jazzas /dʒa.za/ or /dʒɑ.za/	jazza /dʒa.za/ or /dʒɑ.za/	jazzâmes /dʒa.zam/ or /dʒɑ.zam/	jazzâtes /dʒa.zat/ or /dʒɑ.zat/	jazzèrent /dʒa.zɛʁ/ or /dʒɑ.zɛʁ/
	future	jazzerai /dʒaz.ʁe/ or /dʒɑz.ʁe/	jazzeras /dʒaz.ʁa/ or /dʒɑz.ʁa/	jazzera /dʒaz.ʁa/ or /dʒɑz.ʁa/	jazzerons /dʒaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /dʒɑz.ʁɔ̃/	jazzerez /dʒaz.ʁe/ or /dʒɑz.ʁe/	jazzeront /dʒaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /dʒɑz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jazzerais /dʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /dʒɑz.ʁɛ/	jazzerais /dʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /dʒɑz.ʁɛ/	jazzerait /dʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /dʒɑz.ʁɛ/	jazzerions /dʒa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /dʒɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	jazzeriez /dʒa.zə.ʁje/ or /dʒɑ.zə.ʁje/	jazzeraient /dʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /dʒɑz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	jazze /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/	jazzes /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/	jazze /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/	jazzions /dʒa.zjɔ̃/ or /dʒɑ.zjɔ̃/	jazziez /dʒa.zje/ or /dʒɑ.zje/	jazzent /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/
	imperfect2	jazzasse /dʒa.zas/ or /dʒɑ.zas/	jazzasses /dʒa.zas/ or /dʒɑ.zas/	jazzât /dʒa.za/ or /dʒɑ.za/	jazzassions /dʒa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /dʒɑ.za.sjɔ̃/	jazzassiez /dʒa.za.sje/ or /dʒɑ.za.sje/	jazzassent /dʒa.zas/ or /dʒɑ.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	jazze /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/	—	jazzons /dʒa.zɔ̃/ or /dʒɑ.zɔ̃/	jazzez /dʒa.ze/ or /dʒɑ.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• jazzifier