limer
See also: limêr
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman limer (Old French liemier, French limier), from Old French liem (“leash”).
Alternative forms
Noun
limer (plural limers)
- (obsolete) A kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
Noun
limer (plural limers)
- Someone who limes; someone who uses bird-lime or who limewashes.
Etymology 3
Unknown.
Noun
limer (plural limers)
- (Caribbean) Someone who hangs around the streets; someone hanging out.
Derived terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From lime + -er or from Latin līmāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
limer
Conjugation
Conjugation of limer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | limer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | limant /li.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | limé /li.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | lime /lim/ |
limes /lim/ |
lime /lim/ |
limons /li.mɔ̃/ |
limez /li.me/ |
liment /lim/ |
| imperfect | limais /li.mɛ/ |
limais /li.mɛ/ |
limait /li.mɛ/ |
limions /li.mjɔ̃/ |
limiez /li.mje/ |
limaient /li.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | limai /li.me/ |
limas /li.ma/ |
lima /li.ma/ |
limâmes /li.mam/ |
limâtes /li.mat/ |
limèrent /li.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | limerai /lim.ʁe/ |
limeras /lim.ʁa/ |
limera /lim.ʁa/ |
limerons /lim.ʁɔ̃/ |
limerez /lim.ʁe/ |
limeront /lim.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | limerais /lim.ʁɛ/ |
limerais /lim.ʁɛ/ |
limerait /lim.ʁɛ/ |
limerions /li.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
limeriez /li.mə.ʁje/ |
limeraient /lim.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 | lime /lim/ |
limes /lim/ |
lime /lim/ |
limions /li.mjɔ̃/ |
limiez /li.mje/ |
liment /lim/ |
| imperfect2 | limasse /li.mas/ |
limasses /li.mas/ |
limât /li.ma/ |
limassions /li.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
limassiez /li.ma.sje/ |
limassent /li.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | lime /lim/ |
— | limons /li.mɔ̃/ |
limez /li.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
Further reading
- “limer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈliː.mɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.mer]
Verb
līmer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of līmō
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
limer m
- indefinite plural of lime
Verb
limer
- present of lime
Old French
Noun
limer oblique singular, m (oblique plural limers, nominative singular limers, nominative plural limer)
- limer (hound)
Descendants
- English: limer
References
- limer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Swedish
Noun
limer
- indefinite plural of lime