blasé

Etymology

Borrowed from French blasé (“blasé, jaded”), past participle of blaser (“to blunt, dull”), perhaps from Middle Dutch blasen (“to blow; to brag”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow; to bleat, cry”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈblɑːzeɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /blɑˈzeɪ/

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• Hyphenation: bla‧sé

Adjective

blasé (comparative more blasé, superlative most blasé)

1. Unimpressed with something because of over-familiarity.

   Synonyms: casual, indifferent, jaded, nonchalant, unimpressed

Anagrams

• Ables, Basel, Basle, Bleas, Sabel, Sable, ables, albes, baels, bales, beals, labes, sable, saleb

Etymology

Past participle of blaser

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɑ.ze/

Adjective

blasé (feminine singular blasée, masculine plural blasés, feminine plural blasées)

1. blasé, jaded

Further reading

• “blasé” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bêlas, sable, sablé

Adjective

blasé (invariable)

1. blasé

Synonyms

• disincantato
• indifferente
• scettico
• disilluso