blasé
bla·sé/ˌblɑˈzeɪ/adjective
blasé is spelled B-L-A-S-É: 5 letters and 2 syllables (bla·sé). It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, blasé means “Unimpressed, indifferent, especially because of overfamiliarity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in blasé?
| Letters | 5: B-L-A-S-É |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: bla·sé |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 76,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blasé?
Blasé appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce blasé?
- UK /ˈblɑːzeɪ/
- US /ˌblɑˈzeɪ/
Blasé has 2 syllables, split bla·sé in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-blasé.oga, En-us-blasé.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with blasé?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blasé from its last stressed vowel (/eɪ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of blasé
- more blasé comparative
- most blasé superlative
- blase
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blasé mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Unimpressed, indifferent, especially because of overfamiliarity.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of blasé.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blasé in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unimpressed with something because of over-familiarity:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | blasé |
| German | gleichgültig, gelangweilt, blasiert |
| Portuguese | blasé |
| Spanish | displicente, indiferente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does blasé come from?
Borrowed from French blasé (“blasé, jaded”), past participle of blaser (“to blunt, dull”), from Middle Dutch blâsen (“to blow, sound, brag”), from Old Dutch *blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow; to bleat, cry”). Cognate with German blasen (“to blow”), English blaze (“to blow”), English blast.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).