Aimer Definition
aimer
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English
Noun
aimer (plural aimers)
- One who aims; one who is responsible for aiming.
- 2009 April 4, Steve Holland, “Ron 'Nobby' Clark”, The Guardian:
- After joining the RAF, he trained as a bomb aimer in Oxfords, Ansons and Wellingtons before joining a squadron of Lancasters.
- 2009 April 4, Steve Holland, “Ron 'Nobby' Clark”, The Guardian:
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French
Etymology
From the conjugated forms of Old French amer, from Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɛ.me/, X-SAMPA: /E.me/
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Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: aimai, aimé, aimée, aimées, aimés, aimez
Verb
aimer
Conjugation
Conjugation of aimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | aimer | avoir aimé | |||||
| gerund | en aimant | en ayant aimé | |||||
| present participle | aimant | ||||||
| past participle | aimé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | aime | aimes | aime | aimons | aimez | aiment |
| imperfect | aimais | aimais | aimait | aimions | aimiez | aimaient | |
| past historic1 | aimai | aimas | aima | aimâmes | aimâtes | aimèrent | |
| future | aimerai | aimeras | aimera | aimerons | aimerez | aimeront | |
| conditional | aimerais | aimerais | aimerait | aimerions | aimeriez | aimeraient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses | present | aime | aimes | aime | aimions | aimiez | aiment |
| imperfect1 | aimasse | aimasses | aimât | aimassions | aimassiez | aimassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | aime | — | aimons | aimez | — | ||
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Old French
Verb
aimer
- Alternative form of amer.
Conjugation
- Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aimer | avoir aimé, aimez | |||||
| gerund | en aimant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | aimant | ||||||
| past participle | aimé, aimez | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jeo, jou | tu | il | nos, nous | vos, vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | aime, aim | aimes, aims | aime, aim | aimons | aimez, aimés | aiment |
| imperfect | aimoe, aimeie, aimoie | aimoes, aimeies, aimoies | aimot, aimeit, aimoit | aimions, aimiions | aimiez, aimiiez | aimoent, aimient, aimoient | |
| past historic | aimai | aimas | aima | aimames | aimastes | aimerent | |
| future | aimerai | aimeras | aimera | aimerons | aimerez, aimereiz | aimeront | |
| conditional | aimeroe, aimereie, aimeroie | aimeroes, aimereied, aimeroied | aimerot, aimereie, aimeroie | aimerions, aimeriions | aimeriez, aimeriiez | aimeroent, aimereient, aimeroient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jeo, jou | que tu | qu’il | que nos, nous | que vos, vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses | present | aime, aim | aimes, aims | aime, aim | aimons | aimez | aiment |
| imperfect | aimasse | aimasses | aimast | aimissons | aimissez, aimissiez | aimassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos, nous | vos, vous | – | |
| — | aime | — | aimons | aimez | — | ||
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