suer
See also: suèr, suër, and sür
English
Etymology
sue + -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)
- Homophone: sewer
Noun
suer (plural suers)
- One who sues; a suitor.
- 1869, Littell's Living Age (page 789)
- He was the most interesting of all the suers for her hand.
- 1869, Littell's Living Age (page 789)
Coordinate terms
- litigant
- plaintiff
- defendant
References
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for suer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, Ruse, US'er, rues, ruse, sure, ures, user
French
Etymology
From Old French suer, from Latin sūdāre, present active infinitive of sūdō, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɥe/, /sy.e/
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Verb
suer
- to sweat
Conjugation
Conjugation of suer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | suer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | suant /sɥɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sué /sɥe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | sue /sy/ | sues /sy/ | sue /sy/ | suons /sɥɔ̃/ | suez /sɥe/ | suent /sy/ |
| imperfect | suais /sɥɛ/ | suais /sɥɛ/ | suait /sɥɛ/ | suions /sy.jɔ̃/ | suiez /sy.je/ | suaient /sɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | suai /sɥe/ | suas /sɥa/ | sua /sɥa/ | suâmes /sɥam/ | suâtes /sɥat/ | suèrent /sɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | suerai /sy.ʁe/ | sueras /sy.ʁa/ | suera /sy.ʁa/ | suerons /sy.ʁɔ̃/ | suerez /sy.ʁe/ | sueront /sy.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | suerais /sy.ʁɛ/ | suerais /sy.ʁɛ/ | suerait /sy.ʁɛ/ | suerions /sy.ʁjɔ̃/ | sueriez /sy.ʁje/ | sueraient /sy.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 | sue /sy/ | sues /sy/ | sue /sy/ | suions /sy.jɔ̃/ | suiez /sy.je/ | suent /sy/ |
| imperfect2 | suasse /sɥas/ | suasses /sɥas/ | suât /sɥa/ | suassions /sɥa.sjɔ̃/ | suassiez /sɥa.sje/ | suassent /sɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sue /sy/ | — | suons /sɥɔ̃/ | suez /sɥe/ | — | |
| 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
- en suer un
- suée
- suer à grosses gouttes
- suer comme un bœuf
- suer sang et eau
Related terms
- exsuder
- suaire
- sudation
- sueur
Further reading
- “suer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- rues, ruse, rusé, sure, sûre, user
Middle English
Adjective
suer
- Alternative form of sure
Norman
Etymology
From Old French suer, from Latin sūdō, sūdāre (“sweat, perspire”, verb).
Verb
suer
- (Jersey) to steam
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
suer f
- indefinite plural of su
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswɛr/
Noun
suer f
- nominative singular of seror
Anagrams
- seür