nimber
English
Etymology
Blend of nim + number
Noun
nimber (plural nimbers)
- Any of a set of number-like objects used in combinatorial game theory.
Synonyms
- Grundy number
French
FWOTD – 9 June 2014
Etymology
nimbe + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛ̃.be/
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Verb
nimber
- (transitive) to surround with a halo or nimbus
- 1976, Bernard Clavel, La saison des loups, 1985, page 105
- Le ciel était clair et la lune à peine nimbée
- 1976, Bernard Clavel, La saison des loups, 1985, page 105
Conjugation
Conjugation of nimber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | nimber | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | nimbant /nɛ̃.bɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | nimbé /nɛ̃.be/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | nimbe /nɛ̃b/ | nimbes /nɛ̃b/ | nimbe /nɛ̃b/ | nimbons /nɛ̃.bɔ̃/ | nimbez /nɛ̃.be/ | nimbent /nɛ̃b/ |
| imperfect | nimbais /nɛ̃.bɛ/ | nimbais /nɛ̃.bɛ/ | nimbait /nɛ̃.bɛ/ | nimbions /nɛ̃.bjɔ̃/ | nimbiez /nɛ̃.bje/ | nimbaient /nɛ̃.bɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | nimbai /nɛ̃.be/ | nimbas /nɛ̃.ba/ | nimba /nɛ̃.ba/ | nimbâmes /nɛ̃.bam/ | nimbâtes /nɛ̃.bat/ | nimbèrent /nɛ̃.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | nimberai /nɛ̃.bʁe/ | nimberas /nɛ̃.bʁa/ | nimbera /nɛ̃.bʁa/ | nimberons /nɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | nimberez /nɛ̃.bʁe/ | nimberont /nɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | nimberais /nɛ̃.bʁɛ/ | nimberais /nɛ̃.bʁɛ/ | nimberait /nɛ̃.bʁɛ/ | nimberions /nɛ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ | nimberiez /nɛ̃.bə.ʁje/ | nimberaient /nɛ̃.bʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | nimbe /nɛ̃b/ | nimbes /nɛ̃b/ | nimbe /nɛ̃b/ | nimbions /nɛ̃.bjɔ̃/ | nimbiez /nɛ̃.bje/ | nimbent /nɛ̃b/ |
| imperfect2 | nimbasse /nɛ̃.bas/ | nimbasses /nɛ̃.bas/ | nimbât /nɛ̃.ba/ | nimbassions /nɛ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ | nimbassiez /nɛ̃.ba.sje/ | nimbassent /nɛ̃.bas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | nimbe /nɛ̃b/ | — | nimbons /nɛ̃.bɔ̃/ | nimbez /nɛ̃.be/ | — | |
| 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
- “nimber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.