aimer

English

Noun

aimer (plural aimers)

1. One who aims; one who is responsible for aiming.
   • 2009 April 4, Steve Holland, “Ron 'Nobby' Clark”, The Guardian:

     After joining the RAF, he trained as a bomb aimer in Oxfords, Ansons and Wellingtons before joining a squadron of Lancasters.

Anagrams

• armie
• Maire
• Marie
• ramie

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French

Etymology

From the conjugated forms of Old French amer, from Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛ.me/, X-SAMPA: /E.me/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: aimai, aimé, aimée, aimées, aimés, aimez

Verb

aimer

1. to love

   Donne-moi une raison de t'aimer.

   Give me a reason to love you.

2. to like

Conjugation

   Conjugation of aimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aimer			avoir aimé
gerund		en aimant			en ayant aimé
present participle		aimant
past participle		aimé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	aime	aimes	aime	aimons	aimez	aiment
	imperfect	aimais	aimais	aimait	aimions	aimiez	aimaient
	past historic1	aimai	aimas	aima	aimâmes	aimâtes	aimèrent
	future	aimerai	aimeras	aimera	aimerons	aimerez	aimeront
	conditional	aimerais	aimerais	aimerait	aimerions	aimeriez	aimeraient
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 anterior1	Use the past historic 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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	aime	aimes	aime	aimions	aimiez	aiment
	imperfect1	aimasse	aimasses	aimât	aimassions	aimassiez	aimassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	aime	—	aimons	aimez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• amateur
• ami, amie
• amour

Anagrams

• maire
• marie, Marie, marié

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French amer, aimer, from Latin amō, amāre (“love”).

Verb

aimer

1. to like, love

Antonyms

• dêtester (“to hate”)

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Old French

Verb

aimer

1. Alternative form of amer.

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of aimer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aimer			avoir aimé, aimez
gerund		en aimant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		aimant
past participle		aimé, aimez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	aime, aim	aimes, aims	aime, aim	aimons	aimez, aimés	aiment
	imperfect	aimoe, aimeie, aimoie	aimoes, aimeies, aimoies	aimot, aimeit, aimoit	aimions, aimiions	aimiez, aimiiez	aimoent, aimient, aimoient
	past historic	aimai	aimas	aima	aimames	aimastes	aimerent
	future	aimerai	aimeras	aimera	aimerons	aimerez, aimereiz	aimeront
	conditional	aimeroe, aimereie, aimeroie	aimeroes, aimereies, aimeroies	aimerot, aimereie, aimeroie	aimerions, aimeriions	aimeriez, aimeriiez	aimeroent, aimereient, aimeroient
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 past historic 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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	aime, aim	aimes, aims	aime, aim	aimons	aimez	aiment
	imperfect	aimasse	aimasses	aimast	aimissons	aimissez, aimissiez	aimassent
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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	aime	—	aimons	aimez	—