aimer

English

Etymology

aim +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

aimer (plural aimers)

  1. One who aims; one who is responsible for aiming.
    • 2009 April 4, Steve Holland, “Ron 'Nobby' Clark”, in The Guardian‎:
      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 the conjugated forms of Old French amer, from Latin amāre (“to love”).

Pronunciation

Verb

aimer

  1. to love (usually of a person, otherwise the meaning is closer to 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.
  2. to like (often with bien)
    Il aime bien danser. ― He likes dancing.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Descendants
  • Saint Dominican Creole French: haimé

Further reading

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

From Old French amer.

Verb

aimer

  1. (transitive) to love

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 je (j') tu (t') il, alle,
nos		 je
(nos)		 vos il, alles
present aime aimes aime aimoms aimiez aiment
imperfect aimeis aimeis aimeit aimioms aimiez aimeient
preterite aimis aimis aimit aimîmes aimîtes aimîtrent
future aimerai aimeras aimera aimeroms aimerez aimeront
conditional aimereis aimereis aimereit aimerioms aimeriez aimereient
subjunctive que je (j') que te (t') qu'il, qu'alle,
que nos		 que je
(que nos)		 que vos qu'il, qu'alles
present aime aimes aime aimioms aimiez aiment
imperfect aimisse aimisse aimît
aimisse		 aimissioms aimissiez aimissent
imperative — tu — je
(nos)		 vos —
aime aimoms aimiez
1Used with past participles.

Antonyms
  • haïr (“to hate”)
  • haguir (“to hate”)

Old French

Verb

aimer

  1. Alternative form of amer

Conjugation

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