damer
Danish edit
Noun edit
damer
- indefinite plural of dame
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From dame (“queen (in chess)”).
Verb edit
damer
- (chess, transitive) to queen (transform a pawn into a queen, by advancing it to the opponent's side of the board)
- (checkers, transitive) to crown, to king
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of damer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | damer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | damant /da.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | damé /da.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | dame /dam/ |
dames /dam/ |
dame /dam/ |
damons /da.mɔ̃/ |
damez /da.me/ |
dament /dam/ |
| imperfect | damais /da.mɛ/ |
damais /da.mɛ/ |
damait /da.mɛ/ |
damions /da.mjɔ̃/ |
damiez /da.mje/ |
damaient /da.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | damai /da.me/ |
damas /da.ma/ |
dama /da.ma/ |
damâmes /da.mam/ |
damâtes /da.mat/ |
damèrent /da.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | damerai /dam.ʁe/ |
dameras /dam.ʁa/ |
damera /dam.ʁa/ |
damerons /dam.ʁɔ̃/ |
damerez /dam.ʁe/ |
dameront /dam.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | damerais /dam.ʁɛ/ |
damerais /dam.ʁɛ/ |
damerait /dam.ʁɛ/ |
damerions /da.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dameriez /da.mə.ʁje/ |
dameraient /dam.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 | dame /dam/ |
dames /dam/ |
dame /dam/ |
damions /da.mjɔ̃/ |
damiez /da.mje/ |
dament /dam/ |
| imperfect2 | damasse /da.mas/ |
damasses /da.mas/ |
damât /da.ma/ |
damassions /da.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
damassiez /da.ma.sje/ |
damassent /da.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dame /dam/ |
— | damons /da.mɔ̃/ |
damez /da.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). | |||||||
Etymology 2 edit
From dame (“beetle, rammer”).
Verb edit
damer
- (transitive) to pat down, to pat, pack down
- (transitive) to groom (snow)
Further reading edit
- “damer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
damer m or f
- indefinite plural of dame
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
damer f
- indefinite plural of dame
Swedish edit
Noun edit
damer
- indefinite plural of dam