mimer

mimer

English

Etymology

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English mime
English -er
English mimer

    From mime + -er.

    Noun

    mimer (plural mimers)

    1. Someone who mimes during a performance of a song

    French

    Etymology

      From mime +‎ -er.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /mi.me/
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      Verb

      mimer

      1. to mime
      2. to mimic

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of mimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      infinitive simple mimer
      compound avoir + past participle
      present participle or gerund1 simple mimant
      /mi.mɑ̃/
      compound ayant + past participle
      past participle mimé
      /mi.me/
      singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
      (simple
      tenses)             		present mime
      /mim/       		mimes
      /mim/       		mime
      /mim/       		mimons
      /mi.mɔ̃/       		mimez
      /mi.me/       		miment
      /mim/
      imperfect mimais
      /mi.mɛ/       		mimais
      /mi.mɛ/       		mimait
      /mi.mɛ/       		mimions
      /mi.mjɔ̃/       		mimiez
      /mi.mje/       		mimaient
      /mi.mɛ/
      past historic2 mimai
      /mi.me/       		mimas
      /mi.ma/       		mima
      /mi.ma/       		mimâmes
      /mi.mam/       		mimâtes
      /mi.mat/       		mimèrent
      /mi.mɛʁ/
      future mimerai
      /mim.ʁe/       		mimeras
      /mim.ʁa/       		mimera
      /mim.ʁa/       		mimerons
      /mim.ʁɔ̃/       		mimerez
      /mim.ʁe/       		mimeront
      /mim.ʁɔ̃/
      conditional mimerais
      /mim.ʁɛ/       		mimerais
      /mim.ʁɛ/       		mimerait
      /mim.ʁɛ/       		mimerions
      /mi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/       		mimeriez
      /mi.mə.ʁje/       		mimeraient
      /mim.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 mime
      /mim/       		mimes
      /mim/       		mime
      /mim/       		mimions
      /mi.mjɔ̃/       		mimiez
      /mi.mje/       		miment
      /mim/
      imperfect2 mimasse
      /mi.mas/       		mimasses
      /mi.mas/       		mimât
      /mi.ma/       		mimassions
      /mi.ma.sjɔ̃/       		mimassiez
      /mi.ma.sje/       		mimassent
      /mi.mas/
      (compound
      tenses)             		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
      pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      simple — mime
      /mim/       		— mimons
      /mi.mɔ̃/       		mimez
      /mi.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:
      past historic → present perfect
      past anterior → pluperfect
      imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
      pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

      (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

      Descendants

      • → Italian: mimare

      Further reading

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      Noun

      mimer

      1. indefinite plural of mim
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