relaxer
English
Noun
relaxer (plural relaxers)
- Any agent that produces relaxation.
- Music is a good relaxer.
- (cosmetics) A cream or lotion that loosens curls in the hair to aid straightening.
- A person who relaxes.
- 2014, Rusty Gregory, Alan Chasen, Living Wheat-Free For Dummies, page 172:
- Are you a doer or a relaxer? If you said “some of both,” then you're right on track.
Related terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin relaxāre. Cognate with Spanish relajar. See also Old French relaisser and Modern French relâcher.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.lak.se/
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Conjugation
Conjugation of relaxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | relaxer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | relaxant /ʁə.lak.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | relaxé /ʁə.lak.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | relaxe /ʁə.laks/ |
relaxes /ʁə.laks/ |
relaxe /ʁə.laks/ |
relaxons /ʁə.lak.sɔ̃/ |
relaxez /ʁə.lak.se/ |
relaxent /ʁə.laks/ |
| imperfect | relaxais /ʁə.lak.sɛ/ |
relaxais /ʁə.lak.sɛ/ |
relaxait /ʁə.lak.sɛ/ |
relaxions /ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ |
relaxiez /ʁə.lak.sje/ |
relaxaient /ʁə.lak.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | relaxai /ʁə.lak.se/ |
relaxas /ʁə.lak.sa/ |
relaxa /ʁə.lak.sa/ |
relaxâmes /ʁə.lak.sam/ |
relaxâtes /ʁə.lak.sat/ |
relaxèrent /ʁə.lak.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | relaxerai /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁe/ |
relaxeras /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁa/ |
relaxera /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁa/ |
relaxerons /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
relaxerez /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁe/ |
relaxeront /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | relaxerais /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
relaxerais /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
relaxerait /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
relaxerions /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
relaxeriez /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁje/ |
relaxeraient /ʁə.lak.sə.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 | relaxe /ʁə.laks/ |
relaxes /ʁə.laks/ |
relaxe /ʁə.laks/ |
relaxions /ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ |
relaxiez /ʁə.lak.sje/ |
relaxent /ʁə.laks/ |
| imperfect2 | relaxasse /ʁə.lak.sas/ |
relaxasses /ʁə.lak.sas/ |
relaxât /ʁə.lak.sa/ |
relaxassions /ʁə.lak.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
relaxassiez /ʁə.lak.sa.sje/ |
relaxassent /ʁə.lak.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | relaxe /ʁə.laks/ |
— | relaxons /ʁə.lak.sɔ̃/ |
relaxez /ʁə.lak.se/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of se relaxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se relaxer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se relaxant /sə ʁə.lak.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | relaxé /ʁə.lak.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me relaxe /mə ʁə.laks/ |
te relaxes /tə ʁə.laks/ |
se relaxe /sə ʁə.laks/ |
nous relaxons /nu ʁə.lak.sɔ̃/ |
vous relaxez /vu ʁə.lak.se/ |
se relaxent /sə ʁə.laks/ |
| imperfect | me relaxais /mə ʁə.lak.sɛ/ |
te relaxais /tə ʁə.lak.sɛ/ |
se relaxait /sə ʁə.lak.sɛ/ |
nous relaxions /nu ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ |
vous relaxiez /vu ʁə.lak.sje/ |
se relaxaient /sə ʁə.lak.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me relaxai /mə ʁə.lak.se/ |
te relaxas /tə ʁə.lak.sa/ |
se relaxa /sə ʁə.lak.sa/ |
nous relaxâmes /nu ʁə.lak.sam/ |
vous relaxâtes /vu ʁə.lak.sat/ |
se relaxèrent /sə ʁə.lak.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | me relaxerai /mə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁe/ |
te relaxeras /tə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁa/ |
se relaxera /sə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁa/ |
nous relaxerons /nu ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous relaxerez /vu ʁə.lak.sə.ʁe/ |
se relaxeront /sə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me relaxerais /mə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
te relaxerais /tə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
se relaxerait /sə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
nous relaxerions /nu ʁə.lak.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous relaxeriez /vu ʁə.lak.sə.ʁje/ |
se relaxeraient /sə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me relaxe /mə ʁə.laks/ |
te relaxes /tə ʁə.laks/ |
se relaxe /sə ʁə.laks/ |
nous relaxions /nu ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ |
vous relaxiez /vu ʁə.lak.sje/ |
se relaxent /sə ʁə.laks/ |
| imperfect2 | me relaxasse /mə ʁə.lak.sas/ |
te relaxasses /tə ʁə.lak.sas/ |
se relaxât /sə ʁə.lak.sa/ |
nous relaxassions /nu ʁə.lak.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous relaxassiez /vu ʁə.lak.sa.sje/ |
se relaxassent /sə ʁə.lak.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | relaxe-toi /ʁə.laks.twa/ |
— | relaxons-nous /ʁə.lak.sɔ̃.nu/ |
relaxez-vous /ʁə.lak.se.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “relaxer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Old French
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | relaxer | avoir relaxé | |||||
| gerund | en relaxant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | relaxant | ||||||
| past participle | relaxé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | relaxe | relaxes | relaxe | relaxons | relaxez | relaxent |
| imperfect | relaxoie, relaxeie, relaxoe, relaxeve | relaxoies, relaxeies, relaxoes, relaxeves | relaxoit, relaxeit, relaxot, relaxeve | relaxiiens, relaxiens | relaxiiez, relaxiez | relaxoient, relaxeient, relaxoent, relaxevent | |
| preterite | relaxai | relaxas | relaxa | relaxames | relaxastes | relaxerent | |
| future | relaxerai | relaxeras | relaxera | relaxerons | relaxeroiz, relaxereiz, relaxerez | relaxeront | |
| conditional | relaxeroie, relaxereie | relaxeroies, relaxereies | relaxeroit, relaxereit | relaxeriiens, relaxeriens | relaxeriiez, relaxeriez | relaxeroient, relaxereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | relaxe | relaxes | relaxe | relaxons | relaxez | relaxent |
| imperfect | relaxasse | relaxasses | relaxast | relaxissons, relaxissiens | relaxissoiz, relaxissez, relaxissiez | relaxassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | relaxe | — | relaxons | relaxez | — | ||
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