suer
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)
- Homophone: sewer
Noun
suer (plural suers)
- Someone who sues; a suitor.
- 1869, Littell's Living Age, page 789:
- He was the most interesting of all the suers for her hand.
Coordinate terms
References
- “suer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
- U.S.-er, US'er, rues, useR, sure, U.S.er, user, Ruse, Ersu, Rues, U.S.'er, Reus, ruse, ures, US-er, ERUs
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French suer, from Latin sūdāre, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɥe/, /sy.e/
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Verb
suer
- to sweat
Conjugation
Conjugation of suer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | suer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | suant /sɥɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sué /sɥe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sue /sy/ |
sues /sy/ |
sue /sy/ |
suons /sɥɔ̃/ |
suez /sɥe/ |
suent /sy/ |
| imperfect | suais /sɥɛ/ |
suais /sɥɛ/ |
suait /sɥɛ/ |
suions /sy.jɔ̃/ |
suiez /sy.je/ |
suaient /sɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | suai /sɥe/ |
suas /sɥa/ |
sua /sɥa/ |
suâmes /sɥam/ |
suâtes /sɥat/ |
suèrent /sɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | suerai /sy.ʁe/ |
sueras /sy.ʁa/ |
suera /sy.ʁa/ |
suerons /sy.ʁɔ̃/ |
suerez /sy.ʁe/ |
sueront /sy.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | suerais /sy.ʁɛ/ |
suerais /sy.ʁɛ/ |
suerait /sy.ʁɛ/ |
suerions /sy.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sueriez /sy.ʁje/ |
sueraient /sy.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 | sue /sy/ |
sues /sy/ |
sue /sy/ |
suions /sy.jɔ̃/ |
suiez /sy.je/ |
suent /sy/ |
| imperfect2 | suasse /sɥas/ |
suasses /sɥas/ |
suât /sɥa/ |
suassions /sɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
suassiez /sɥa.sje/ |
suassent /sɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sue /sy/ |
— | suons /sɥɔ̃/ |
suez /sɥe/ |
— | |
| 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
Related terms
Further reading
- “suer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Middle English
Adjective
suer
- alternative form of sure
Norman
Etymology
From Old French suer, from Latin sūdō, sūdāre (“sweat, perspire”, verb).
Verb
suer
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
suer f
- indefinite plural of su
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswɛɾ/
Noun
suer f
- nominative singular of seror