brimer
See also: Brimer
French
Etymology
From dialectal brime, probably a blend of brume + frimas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁi.me/
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Verb
brimer
- (transitive) to bully; to mistreat
Conjugation
Conjugation of brimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | brimer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | brimant /bʁi.mɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | brimé /bʁi.me/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | brime /bʁim/ | brimes /bʁim/ | brime /bʁim/ | brimons /bʁi.mɔ̃/ | brimez /bʁi.me/ | briment /bʁim/ |
imperfect | brimais /bʁi.mɛ/ | brimais /bʁi.mɛ/ | brimait /bʁi.mɛ/ | brimions /bʁi.mjɔ̃/ | brimiez /bʁi.mje/ | brimaient /bʁi.mɛ/ | |
past historic2 | brimai /bʁi.me/ | brimas /bʁi.ma/ | brima /bʁi.ma/ | brimâmes /bʁi.mam/ | brimâtes /bʁi.mat/ | brimèrent /bʁi.mɛʁ/ | |
future | brimerai /bʁim.ʁe/ | brimeras /bʁim.ʁa/ | brimera /bʁim.ʁa/ | brimerons /bʁim.ʁɔ̃/ | brimerez /bʁim.ʁe/ | brimeront /bʁim.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | brimerais /bʁim.ʁɛ/ | brimerais /bʁim.ʁɛ/ | brimerait /bʁim.ʁɛ/ | brimerions /bʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | brimeriez /bʁi.mə.ʁje/ | brimeraient /bʁim.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 | brime /bʁim/ | brimes /bʁim/ | brime /bʁim/ | brimions /bʁi.mjɔ̃/ | brimiez /bʁi.mje/ | briment /bʁim/ |
imperfect2 | brimasse /bʁi.mas/ | brimasses /bʁi.mas/ | brimât /bʁi.ma/ | brimassions /bʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/ | brimassiez /bʁi.ma.sje/ | brimassent /bʁi.mas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | brime /bʁim/ | — | brimons /bʁi.mɔ̃/ | brimez /bʁi.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
- brimeur, brimeuse
- brimade
Further reading
- “brimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.