aimer
English
Etymology
aim + -er
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈeɪmə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈeɪmɚ/
Audio (southern England) (file)
Noun
aimer (plural aimers)
- One who aims; one who is responsible for aiming.
- 2009 April 4, Steve Holland, “Ron 'Nobby' Clark”, in The Guardian:
- After joining the RAF, he trained as a bomb aimer in Oxfords, Ansons and Wellingtons before joining a squadron of Lancasters.
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Anagrams
- Maire, Marie, Miera, armie, ramie, reaim, rimae
French
Etymology
From the conjugated forms of Old French amer, from Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.me/, /e.me/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: aimai, aimé, aimée, aimées, aimés, aimez
Verb
aimer
- 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
Conjugation of aimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | aimer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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/ | 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 historic2 | 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 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 | aime /ɛm/ | aimes /ɛm/ | aime /ɛm/ | aimions /ɛ.mjɔ̃/ or /e.mjɔ̃/ | aimiez /ɛ.mje/ or /e.mje/ | aiment /ɛm/ |
| imperfect2 | 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 | |||||
| pluperfect2 | 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 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
- je t'aime
- je vous aime
- qui aime bien châtie bien
- qui m'aime me suive
Related terms
- amateur
- ami, amie
- amour
Descendants
- Saint Dominican Creole French: haimé
Further reading
- “aimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- maire
- marie, Marie, marié
Norman
Etymology
From Old French amer.
Verb
aimer
- (transitive) to love
Conjugation
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Conjugation of the verb « aimer » in Norman| infinitive | aimier | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- haïr (“to hate”)
- haguir (“to hate”)
Old French
Verb
aimer
- Alternative form of amer
Conjugation
This 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aimer | avoir aimé | |||||
| gerund | en aimant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | 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 preterite 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 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 | 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 | vos | – | |
| — | aime | — | aimons | aimez | — | ||