lamer
See also: Lamer
English
Etymology
lame + -er
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ)
Adjective
lamer
- comparative form of lame: more lame
Noun
lamer (plural lamers)
- (slang, derogatory, demoscene, gaming, warez, dated) A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence.
- Antonym: elite
- 1997 April 1, David McCandless, “Warez Wars”, in Wired, ISSN 1059-1028:
- Phil and his counterparts in Asia and the US are deployed to infiltrate pirate groups; to study IRC; to get under the skin of the lamers, the dabblers, and the professionals; to chat, seduce, charm, and interact with the denizens of this bizarre over-underworld.
- 2009, John Impagliazzo; Timo Järvi; Petri Paju, editors, History of Nordic Computing 2 […] , Springer, →ISBN, page 298:
- Other accounts mention that the lamers are constantly asking for advice on coding routines.
Translations
a person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence
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Anagrams
- Almer, Lemar, Lerma, Maler, maerl, maler, marle, meral, realm
French
Etymology
From lame + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.me/
Audio (file) - Homophones: lamai, lamé, lamée, lamées, lamés, lamez
Verb
lamer
- (transitive) to flatten
Conjugation
Conjugation of lamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | lamer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | lamant /la.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | lamé /la.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | lame /lam/ | lames /lam/ | lame /lam/ | lamons /la.mɔ̃/ | lamez /la.me/ | lament /lam/ |
| imperfect | lamais /la.mɛ/ | lamais /la.mɛ/ | lamait /la.mɛ/ | lamions /la.mjɔ̃/ | lamiez /la.mje/ | lamaient /la.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | lamai /la.me/ | lamas /la.ma/ | lama /la.ma/ | lamâmes /la.mam/ | lamâtes /la.mat/ | lamèrent /la.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | lamerai /lam.ʁe/ | lameras /lam.ʁa/ | lamera /lam.ʁa/ | lamerons /lam.ʁɔ̃/ | lamerez /lam.ʁe/ | lameront /lam.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | lamerais /lam.ʁɛ/ | lamerais /lam.ʁɛ/ | lamerait /lam.ʁɛ/ | lamerions /la.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | lameriez /la.mə.ʁje/ | lameraient /lam.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 | lame /lam/ | lames /lam/ | lame /lam/ | lamions /la.mjɔ̃/ | lamiez /la.mje/ | lament /lam/ |
| imperfect2 | lamasse /la.mas/ | lamasses /la.mas/ | lamât /la.ma/ | lamassions /la.ma.sjɔ̃/ | lamassiez /la.ma.sje/ | lamassent /la.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | lame /lam/ | — | lamons /la.mɔ̃/ | lamez /la.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “lamer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- Armel, larme
Kholosi
Etymology
Borrowed from Lari [script needed] (lamr).
Noun
lamer ?
- sand
References
- Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx, pages 13-36
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French mer.
Noun
lamer
- sea
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Spanish
Alternative forms
- lamber (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin lambere, present active infinitive of lambō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈmeɾ/ [laˈmeɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: la‧mer
Verb
lamer (first-person singular present lamo, first-person singular preterite lamí, past participle lamido)
- to lick (stroke with the tongue)
- to lick (lap; take in with the tongue)
Conjugation
Conjugation of lamer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | lamer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | lamiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | lamido | lamida | |||||
| plural | lamidos | lamidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | lamo | lamestú lamésvos | lame | lamemos | laméis | lamen | |
| imperfect | lamía | lamías | lamía | lamíamos | lamíais | lamían | |
| preterite | lamí | lamiste | lamió | lamimos | lamisteis | lamieron | |
| future | lameré | lamerás | lamerá | lameremos | lameréis | lamerán | |
| conditional | lamería | lamerías | lamería | lameríamos | lameríais | lamerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | lama | lamastú lamásvos2 | lama | lamamos | lamáis | laman | |
| imperfect (ra) | lamiera | lamieras | lamiera | lamiéramos | lamierais | lamieran | |
| imperfect (se) | lamiese | lamieses | lamiese | lamiésemos | lamieseis | lamiesen | |
| future1 | lamiere | lamieres | lamiere | lamiéremos | lamiereis | lamieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | lametú lamévos | lama | lamamos | lamed | laman | ||
| negative | no lamas | no lama | no lamamos | no lamáis | no laman | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of lamer
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive lamer | |||||||
| dative | lamerme | lamerte | lamerle, lamerse | lamernos | lameros | lamerles, lamerse | |
| accusative | lamerme | lamerte | lamerlo, lamerla, lamerse | lamernos | lameros | lamerlos, lamerlas, lamerse | |
| with gerund lamiendo | |||||||
| dative | lamiéndome | lamiéndote | lamiéndole, lamiéndose | lamiéndonos | lamiéndoos | lamiéndoles, lamiéndose | |
| accusative | lamiéndome | lamiéndote | lamiéndolo, lamiéndola, lamiéndose | lamiéndonos | lamiéndoos | lamiéndolos, lamiéndolas, lamiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative lame | |||||||
| dative | lámeme | lámete | lámele | lámenos | not used | lámeles | |
| accusative | lámeme | lámete | lámelo, lámela | lámenos | not used | lámelos, lámelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative lamé | |||||||
| dative | lameme | lamete | lamele | lamenos | not used | lameles | |
| accusative | lameme | lamete | lamelo, lamela | lamenos | not used | lamelos, lamelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative lama | |||||||
| dative | lámame | not used | lámale, lámase | lámanos | not used | lámales | |
| accusative | lámame | not used | lámalo, lámala, lámase | lámanos | not used | lámalos, lámalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative lamamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | lamámoste | lamámosle | lamámonos | lamámoos | lamámosles | |
| accusative | not used | lamámoste | lamámoslo, lamámosla | lamámonos | lamámoos | lamámoslos, lamámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative lamed | |||||||
| dative | lamedme | not used | lamedle | lamednos | lameos | lamedles | |
| accusative | lamedme | not used | lamedlo, lamedla | lamednos | lameos | lamedlos, lamedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative laman | |||||||
| dative | lámanme | not used | lámanle | lámannos | not used | lámanles, lámanse | |
| accusative | lámanme | not used | lámanlo, lámanla | lámannos | not used | lámanlos, lámanlas, lámanse | |
Derived terms
- lameculos
- lamedura
- lamer el culo
- lamero
- lamerón
- lametón
Related terms
- chupar
Further reading
- “lamer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014