flasher

See also: Flasher

English

Etymology

flash +‎ -er

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -æʃə(ɹ)

Noun

flasher (plural flashers)

  1. Anything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.
  2. (automotive) An indicator or turn signal.
  3. (obsolete) Someone of great accomplishments, or brilliant appearance.
    • 1795 March 17, Hester Piozzi, Thraliana:
      Mr Yorke of D'Affrenalli has been introduced to me as a Wit & a Flasher: it was supposed that we were to admire one another's Abilities,—but I fancy the Project failed on both Sides […] .
  4. (slang) Someone who exposes themselves indecently; someone who ‘flashes’ their genitals.

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French

Etymology

From English flash.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fla.ʃe/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: flache

Verb

flasher

  1. to flash (of a light, to have intermittent periods on and off)
  2. to flash (of a camera, to use flash photography)
  3. to take photographs using a flash
    Des touristes épars flashaient à tout va. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (transport) to flash (to catch a speeding vehicle on camera)
  5. (colloquial) to have a crush, become infatuated
    Synonyms: avoir le coup de foudre, craquer

Conjugation
Conjugation of flasher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple flasher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple flashant
/fla.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle flashé
/fla.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present flashe
/flaʃ/		 flashes
/flaʃ/		 flashe
/flaʃ/		 flashons
/fla.ʃɔ̃/		 flashez
/fla.ʃe/		 flashent
/flaʃ/
imperfect flashais
/fla.ʃɛ/		 flashais
/fla.ʃɛ/		 flashait
/fla.ʃɛ/		 flashions
/fla.ʃjɔ̃/		 flashiez
/fla.ʃje/		 flashaient
/fla.ʃɛ/
past historic2 flashai
/fla.ʃe/		 flashas
/fla.ʃa/		 flasha
/fla.ʃa/		 flashâmes
/fla.ʃam/		 flashâtes
/fla.ʃat/		 flashèrent
/fla.ʃɛʁ/
future flasherai
/flaʃ.ʁe/		 flasheras
/flaʃ.ʁa/		 flashera
/flaʃ.ʁa/		 flasherons
/flaʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 flasherez
/flaʃ.ʁe/		 flasheront
/flaʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional flasherais
/flaʃ.ʁɛ/		 flasherais
/flaʃ.ʁɛ/		 flasherait
/flaʃ.ʁɛ/		 flasherions
/fla.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 flasheriez
/fla.ʃə.ʁje/		 flasheraient
/flaʃ.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 flashe
/flaʃ/		 flashes
/flaʃ/		 flashe
/flaʃ/		 flashions
/fla.ʃjɔ̃/		 flashiez
/fla.ʃje/		 flashent
/flaʃ/
imperfect2 flashasse
/fla.ʃas/		 flashasses
/fla.ʃas/		 flashât
/fla.ʃa/		 flashassions
/fla.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 flashassiez
/fla.ʃa.sje/		 flashassent
/fla.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — flashe
/flaʃ/		 — flashons
/fla.ʃɔ̃/		 flashez
/fla.ʃe/		 —
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).

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