aimer
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈeɪmə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈeɪmɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editaimer (plural aimers)
- One who aims; one who is responsible for aiming.
- 2009 April 4, Steve Holland, “Ron 'Nobby' Clark”, in The Guardian[1]:
- After joining the RAF, he trained as a bomb aimer in Oxfords, Ansons and Wellingtons before joining a squadron of Lancasters.
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom the conjugated forms of Old French amer, from Latin amāre (“to love”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɛ.me/ ~ /e.me/
Audio (Paris): (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: aimai, aimé, aimée, aimées, aimés, aimez
Verb
editaimer
- to love (usually of a person, otherwise the meaning is closer to like)
- Donne-moi une raison de t’aimer.
- Give me a reason to like you.
- J’aime cet homme-ci plus que tout au monde.
- I love this man more than anything in the world.
- to like (often with bien)
- Il aime bien danser. ― He likes dancing.
Conjugation
editConjugation of aimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | aimer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | aimant /ɛ.mɑ̃/ or /e.mɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | aimé /ɛ.me/ or /e.me/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | aime /ɛm/2 |
aimes /ɛm/ |
aime /ɛm/ |
aimons /ɛ.mɔ̃/ or /e.mɔ̃/ |
aimez /ɛ.me/ or /e.me/ |
aiment /ɛm/ |
imperfect | aimais /ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/ |
aimais /ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/ |
aimait /ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/ |
aimions /ɛ.mjɔ̃/ or /e.mjɔ̃/ |
aimiez /ɛ.mje/ or /e.mje/ |
aimaient /ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/ | |
past historic3 | aimai /ɛ.me/ or /e.me/ |
aimas /ɛ.ma/ or /e.ma/ |
aima /ɛ.ma/ or /e.ma/ |
aimâmes /ɛ.mam/ or /e.mam/ |
aimâtes /ɛ.mat/ or /e.mat/ |
aimèrent /ɛ.mɛʁ/ or /e.mɛʁ/ | |
future | aimerai /ɛm.ʁe/ |
aimeras /ɛm.ʁa/ |
aimera /ɛm.ʁa/ |
aimerons /ɛm.ʁɔ̃/ |
aimerez /ɛm.ʁe/ |
aimeront /ɛm.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | aimerais /ɛm.ʁɛ/ |
aimerais /ɛm.ʁɛ/ |
aimerait /ɛm.ʁɛ/ |
aimerions /ɛ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aimeriez /ɛ.mə.ʁje/ or /e.mə.ʁje/ |
aimeraient /ɛm.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior3 | 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 | aime /ɛm/2 |
aimes /ɛm/ |
aime /ɛm/ |
aimions /ɛ.mjɔ̃/ or /e.mjɔ̃/ |
aimiez /ɛ.mje/ or /e.mje/ |
aiment /ɛm/ |
imperfect3 | aimasse /ɛ.mas/ or /e.mas/ |
aimasses /ɛ.mas/ or /e.mas/ |
aimât /ɛ.ma/ or /e.ma/ |
aimassions /ɛ.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
aimassiez /ɛ.ma.sje/ or /e.ma.sje/ |
aimassent /ɛ.mas/ or /e.mas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect3 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | aime /ɛm/ |
— | aimons /ɛ.mɔ̃/ or /e.mɔ̃/ |
aimez /ɛ.me/ or /e.me/ |
— | |
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 aimé when inverted. | |||||||
3 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
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Saint Dominican Creole French: haimé
Further reading
edit- “aimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editNorman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French amer.
Verb
editaimer
- (transitive) to love
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[2], page 515:
- Si l'houme aïme autre mûx que sé au moulin i' mourra de set.
- If a man loves others more than himself, he will die of thirst even were he in a mill.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | aimier | ||||||
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gerund | aimant | ||||||
auxiliary | aveir1 | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | aimié | aimie | |||||
plural | aimiés | aimies | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | je (j') | tu (t') | il, alle, nos |
je (nos) |
vos | il, alles | |
present | aime | aimes | aime | aimoms | aimiez | aiment | |
imperfect | aimeis | aimeis | aimeit | aimioms | aimiez | aimeient | |
preterite | aimis | aimis | aimit | aimîmes | aimîtes | aimîtrent | |
future | aimerai | aimeras | aimera | aimeroms | aimerez | aimeront | |
conditional | aimereis | aimereis | aimereit | aimerioms | aimeriez | aimereient | |
subjunctive | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il, qu'alle, que nos |
que je (que nos) |
que vos | qu'il, qu'alles | |
present | aime | aimes | aime | aimioms | aimiez | aiment | |
imperfect | aimisse | aimisse | aimît aimisse |
aimissioms | aimissiez | aimissent | |
imperative | — | tu | — | je (nos) |
vos | — | |
aime | aimoms | aimiez | |||||
1Used with past participles. |
Antonyms
editOld French
editVerb
editaimer
- Alternative form of amer
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of aimer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | aimer | avoir aimé | |||||
gerund | en aimant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | aimant | ||||||
past participle | aimé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | aim | aimes | aime | aimons | aimez | aiment |
imperfect | aimoie, aimeie, aimoe, aimeve | aimoies, aimeies, aimoes, aimeves | aimoit, aimeit, aimot, aimeve | aimiiens, aimiens | aimiiez, aimiez | aimoient, aimeient, aimoent, aimevent | |
preterite | aimai | aimas | aima | aimames | aimastes | aimerent | |
future | aimerai | aimeras | aimera | aimerons | aimeroiz, aimereiz, aimerez | aimeront | |
conditional | aimeroie, aimereie | aimeroies, aimereies | aimeroit, aimereit | aimeriiens, aimeriens | aimeriiez, aimeriez | aimeroient, aimereient | |
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 | aim | ains | aint | aimons | aimez | aiment |
imperfect | aimasse | aimasses | aimast | aimissons, aimissiens | aimissoiz, aimissez, aimissiez | aimassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | aime | — | aimons | aimez | — |
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