different between blase vs collected

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

blase

1. Alternative spelling of blasé

Anagrams

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaz/
• Homophones: blasent, blases

Etymology 1

Verb

blase

1. first-person singular present indicative of blaser
2. third-person singular present indicative of blaser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of blaser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of blaser
5. second-person singular imperative of blaser

Etymology 2

Clipping of blason.

Noun

blase m (plural blases) (slang)

1. name
2. nose

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?z?

Verb

blase

1. inflection of blasen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English blæse, blase, from Proto-Germanic *blas?.

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) blaese, blease
• blese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bla?z(?)/, /?bl??z(?)/

Noun

blase (plural blases or blasen)

1. A fire or burning, especially referring to its flaming.
2. (rare) A lamp or signal; fire used as lighting.
3. (rare) A bright thing or object.

Descendants

• English: blaze
• Scots: bleize, blase, blese, bleise, bleis, bleeze
• Yola: blaze, bleaze

References

• “bl?se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-27.

Etymology 2

Verb

blase

1. Alternative form of blasen

Old English

Alternative forms

• blæse

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blas?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl?.se/, [?bl?.ze]

Noun

blase f

1. torch
2. blaze

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: blase, blaese, blease
  • English: blaze
  • Scots: bleize, blase, blese, bleise, bleis, bleeze
  • Yola: blaze, bleaze

English

Etymology

collect +? -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??l?kt?d/

Adjective

collected (comparative more collected, superlative most collected)

1. (not comparable) Gathered together.

   the collected works of Charles Dickens

2. Cool?headed, emotionally stable, in focus.

   He stayed collected throughout the ordeal.

Synonyms

• calm, cool, composed

Related terms

• garbage-collected

Translations

Verb

collected

1. simple past tense and past participle of collect