aimer
English
Etymology
Noun
aimer (plural aimers)
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From the conjugated forms of Old French amer, from Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”), from Proto-Indo-European [Term?].
Pronunciation
Verb
aimer
- 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.
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- to like (often with bien)
- Il aime bien danser. ― He likes dancing.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of aimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aimer | avoir aimé | |||||
| gerund | en aimant | en ayant aimé | |||||
| present participle | aimant /e.mɑ̃/ or /ɛ.mɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | aimé /e.me/ or /ɛ.me/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aime /ɛm/ |
aimes /ɛm/ |
aime /ɛm/ |
aimons /e.mɔ̃/ or /ɛ.mɔ̃/ |
aimez /e.me/ or /ɛ.me/ |
aiment /ɛm/ |
| imperfect | aimais /e.mɛ/ or /ɛ.mɛ/ |
aimais /e.mɛ/ or /ɛ.mɛ/ |
aimait /e.mɛ/ or /ɛ.mɛ/ |
aimions /e.mjɔ̃/ or /ɛ.mjɔ̃/ |
aimiez /e.mje/ or /ɛ.mje/ |
aimaient /e.mɛ/ or /ɛ.mɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | aimai /e.me/ or /ɛ.me/ |
aimas /e.ma/ or /ɛ.ma/ |
aima /e.ma/ or /ɛ.ma/ |
aimâmes /e.mam/ or /ɛ.mam/ |
aimâtes /e.mat/ or /ɛ.mat/ |
aimèrent /e.mɛʁ/ or /ɛ.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/ |
aimeriez /ɛ.mə.ʁje/ |
aimeraient /ɛm.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aime /ɛm/ |
aimes /ɛm/ |
aime /ɛm/ |
aimions /e.mjɔ̃/ or /ɛ.mjɔ̃/ |
aimiez /e.mje/ or /ɛ.mje/ |
aiment /ɛm/ |
| imperfect1 | aimasse /e.mas/ or /ɛ.mas/ |
aimasses /e.mas/ or /ɛ.mas/ |
aimât /e.ma/ or /ɛ.ma/ |
aimassions /e.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
aimassiez /e.ma.sje/ or /ɛ.ma.sje/ |
aimassent /e.mas/ or /ɛ.mas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | aime /ɛm/ |
— | aimons /e.mɔ̃/ or /ɛ.mɔ̃/ |
aimez /e.me/ or /ɛ.me/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “aimer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Norman
Alternative forms
- oïmaïr (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French amer, aimer, from Latin amō, amāre (“love”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
aimer
Antonyms
- dêtester (“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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | aime | — | aimons | aimez | — | ||
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