rimer
See also: Rimer
English
Etymology
From rime + -er.
Noun
rimer (plural rimers)
- A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.
- (obsolete) A rhymer; a versifier.
French
Etymology
From Old French rimer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.me/
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Verb
rimer
- (intransitive) to rhyme (of two words, whose final syllables are the same)
- (intransitive) to rhyme (to make rhymes)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rimer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rimant /ʁi.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rimé /ʁi.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | rime /ʁim/ | rimes /ʁim/ | rime /ʁim/ | rimons /ʁi.mɔ̃/ | rimez /ʁi.me/ | riment /ʁim/ |
| imperfect | rimais /ʁi.mɛ/ | rimais /ʁi.mɛ/ | rimait /ʁi.mɛ/ | rimions /ʁi.mjɔ̃/ | rimiez /ʁi.mje/ | rimaient /ʁi.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rimai /ʁi.me/ | rimas /ʁi.ma/ | rima /ʁi.ma/ | rimâmes /ʁi.mam/ | rimâtes /ʁi.mat/ | rimèrent /ʁi.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | rimerai /ʁim.ʁe/ | rimeras /ʁim.ʁa/ | rimera /ʁim.ʁa/ | rimerons /ʁim.ʁɔ̃/ | rimerez /ʁim.ʁe/ | rimeront /ʁim.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rimerais /ʁim.ʁɛ/ | rimerais /ʁim.ʁɛ/ | rimerait /ʁim.ʁɛ/ | rimerions /ʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | rimeriez /ʁi.mə.ʁje/ | rimeraient /ʁim.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 | rime /ʁim/ | rimes /ʁim/ | rime /ʁim/ | rimions /ʁi.mjɔ̃/ | rimiez /ʁi.mje/ | riment /ʁim/ |
| imperfect2 | rimasse /ʁi.mas/ | rimasses /ʁi.mas/ | rimât /ʁi.ma/ | rimassions /ʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/ | rimassiez /ʁi.ma.sje/ | rimassent /ʁi.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rime /ʁim/ | — | rimons /ʁi.mɔ̃/ | rimez /ʁi.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
- ne rimer à rien
- rimer comme hallebarde et miséricorde
Related terms
- rimailler
- rime
- rimeur
Further reading
- “rimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- mirer
Latin
Verb
rīmer
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of rīmor
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
rimer
- present of rime
Old French
Etymology
rime (“tale”) + -er
Verb
rimer
- to recount a tale, especially by rhyming
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, De l'Estat du Monde:
- Rimer vueil du monde divers.
- I want to rhyme about the whole world
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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 rimer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rimer | avoir rimé | |||||
| gerund | en rimant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | rimant | ||||||
| past participle | rimé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | rim | rimes | rime | rimons | rimez | riment |
| imperfect | rimoie, rimeie, rimoe, rimeve | rimoies, rimeies, rimoes, rimeves | rimoit, rimeit, rimot, rimeve | rimiiens, rimiens | rimiiez, rimiez | rimoient, rimeient, rimoent, rimevent | |
| preterite | rimai | rimas | rima | rimames | rimastes | rimerent | |
| future | rimerai | rimeras | rimera | rimerons | rimeroiz, rimereiz, rimerez | rimeront | |
| conditional | rimeroie, rimereie | rimeroies, rimereies | rimeroit, rimereit | rimeriiens, rimeriens | rimeriiez, rimeriez | rimeroient, rimereient | |
| 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 | rim | rins | rint | rimons | rimez | riment |
| imperfect | rimasse | rimasses | rimast | rimissons, rimissiens | rimissoiz, rimissez, rimissiez | rimassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | rime | — | rimons | rimez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: rimer