aimer
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
Pronunciation
- (non-rhotic)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ̯məː/, [ˈeɪ̯məː]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ̯məː/, [ˈeɪ̯məː]
- (rhotic)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ̯mɚ/, [ˈeɪ̯mɚ] ~ [ˈeɪ̯mɹ̩]
- Hyphenation: aim‧er
Noun
aimer (plural aimers)
- One who aims; one who is responsible for aiming.
- 2009 April 4, Steve Holland, “Ron 'Nobby' Clark”, in The Guardian[1]:
- After joining the RAF, he trained as a bomb aimer in Oxfords, Ansons and Wellingtons before joining a squadron of Lancasters.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French aymer, from Old French amer, from Latin amō (“to love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.me/ ~ /e.me/
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- Homophones: aimai, aimé, aimée, aimées, aimés, aimez
Verb
aimer
- to love (usually of a person, otherwise the meaning is closer to English like)
- Donne-moi une raison de t’aimer.
- Give me a reason to like you.
- J’aime cet homme-ci plus que tout au monde.
- I love this man more than anything in the world.
- to like (often with bien)
- Il aime bien danser. ― He likes dancing.
Conjugation
Conjugation of aimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | aimer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | aimant /ɛ.mɑ̃/ or /e.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | aimé /ɛ.me/ or /e.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | aime /ɛm/2 |
aimes /ɛm/ |
aime /ɛm/ |
aimons /ɛ.mɔ̃/ or /e.mɔ̃/ |
aimez /ɛ.me/ or /e.me/ |
aiment /ɛm/ |
| imperfect | aimais /ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/ |
aimais /ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/ |
aimait /ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/ |
aimions /ɛ.mjɔ̃/ or /e.mjɔ̃/ |
aimiez /ɛ.mje/ or /e.mje/ |
aimaient /ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/ | |
| past historic3 | aimai /ɛ.me/ or /e.me/ |
aimas /ɛ.ma/ or /e.ma/ |
aima /ɛ.ma/ or /e.ma/ |
aimâmes /ɛ.mam/ or /e.mam/ |
aimâtes /ɛ.mat/ or /e.mat/ |
aimèrent /ɛ.mɛʁ/ or /e.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | aimerai /ɛm.ʁe/ |
aimeras /ɛm.ʁa/ |
aimera /ɛm.ʁa/ |
aimerons /ɛm.ʁɔ̃/ |
aimerez /ɛm.ʁe/ |
aimeront /ɛm.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | aimerais /ɛm.ʁɛ/ |
aimerais /ɛm.ʁɛ/ |
aimerait /ɛm.ʁɛ/ |
aimerions /ɛ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aimeriez /ɛ.mə.ʁje/ or /e.mə.ʁje/ |
aimeraient /ɛm.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior3 | 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 | aime /ɛm/2 |
aimes /ɛm/ |
aime /ɛm/ |
aimions /ɛ.mjɔ̃/ or /e.mjɔ̃/ |
aimiez /ɛ.mje/ or /e.mje/ |
aiment /ɛm/ |
| imperfect3 | aimasse /ɛ.mas/ or /e.mas/ |
aimasses /ɛ.mas/ or /e.mas/ |
aimât /ɛ.ma/ or /e.ma/ |
aimassions /ɛ.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
aimassiez /ɛ.ma.sje/ or /e.ma.sje/ |
aimassent /ɛ.mas/ or /e.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect3 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | aime /ɛm/ |
— | aimons /ɛ.mɔ̃/ or /e.mɔ̃/ |
aimez /ɛ.me/ or /e.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 aimé when inverted. | |||||||
3 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
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “aimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
From Old French amer.
Verb
aimer
- (transitive) to love
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[2], page 515:
- Si l'houme aïme autre mûx que sé au moulin i' mourra de set.
- If a man loves others more than himself, he will die of thirst even were he in a mill.
Conjugation
Conjugation of the verb aimer in Norman
| infinitive | aimier | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | aimant | ||||||
| auxiliary | aveir1 | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aimié | aimie | |||||
| plural | aimiés | aimies | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | jeo (j') | tu (t') | il, elle, on |
nos | vos | il, elles | |
| present | aime | aimes | aime | aimoms | aimiez | aiment | |
| imperfect | aimeis aimos2 |
aimeis aimos2 |
aimeit aimot2 |
aimioms | aimiez | aimeient aimoent2 | |
| preterite | aimai | aimas | aima | aimâmes | aimâtes | aimèrent | |
| future | aimerai | aimeras | aimera | aimeroms | aimerez | aimeront | |
| conditional | aimereis | aimereis | aimereit | aimerioms | aimeriez | aimereient | |
| subjunctive | que jeo (j') | que tu (t') | qu'il, qu'elle, qu'on |
que nos | que vos | qu'il, qu'elles | |
| present | aime | aimes | aime | aimioms | aimiez | aiment | |
| imperfect | aimasse | aimasses | aimât aimasse |
aimassioms | aimassiez | aimassent | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | nos | vos | — | |
| aime | aimoms | aimiez | |||||
| 1Used with past participles. 2Archaic or literary forms. | |||||||
Antonyms
- haïr (“to hate”)
- haguir (“to hate”)
Old French
Verb
aimer
- alternative form of amer
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 aimer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aimer | avoir aimé | |||||
| gerund | en aimant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | aimant | ||||||
| past participle | aimé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | aim | aimes | aime | aimons | aimez | aiment |
| imperfect | aimoie, aimeie, aimoe, aimeve | aimoies, aimeies, aimoes, aimeves | aimoit, aimeit, aimot, aimeve | aimiiens, aimiens | aimiiez, aimiez | aimoient, aimeient, aimoent, aimevent | |
| preterite | aimai | aimas | aima | aimames | aimastes | aimerent | |
| future | aimerai | aimeras | aimera | aimerons | aimeroiz, aimereiz, aimerez | aimeront | |
| conditional | aimeroie, aimereie | aimeroies, aimereies | aimeroit, aimereit | aimeriiens, aimeriens | aimeriiez, aimeriez | aimeroient, aimereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | aim | ains | aint | aimons | aimez | aiment |
| imperfect | aimasse | aimasses | aimast | aimissons, aimissiens | aimissoiz, aimissez, aimissiez | aimassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | aime | — | aimons | aimez | — | ||