trimer
See also: trímer
English
Etymology
Noun
trimer (plural trimers)
- (chemistry) A molecule consisting of a chain of three parts, so called monomers. A trimer is formed by joining three identical molecules.
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French
Etymology
Uncertain, possibly alteration of Old French trumer (“to run”), early 18th c.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁi.me/
Verb
trimer
- (colloquial) to slave away (to work very hard)
- J’ai trimé toute la journée.
- I have been slaving away all day.
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- (dated) to walk for a long time; to tramp
Conjugation
Conjugation of trimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | trimer | avoir trimé | |||||
| gerund | en trimant | en ayant trimé | |||||
| present participle | trimant /tʁi.mɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | trimé /tʁi.me/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | trime /tʁim/ |
trimes /tʁim/ |
trime /tʁim/ |
trimons /tʁi.mɔ̃/ |
trimez /tʁi.me/ |
triment /tʁim/ |
| imperfect | trimais /tʁi.mɛ/ |
trimais /tʁi.mɛ/ |
trimait /tʁi.mɛ/ |
trimions /tʁi.mjɔ̃/ |
trimiez /tʁi.mje/ |
trimaient /tʁi.mɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | trimai /tʁi.me/ |
trimas /tʁi.ma/ |
trima /tʁi.ma/ |
trimâmes /tʁi.mam/ |
trimâtes /tʁi.mat/ |
trimèrent /tʁi.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | trimerai /tʁim.ʁe/ |
trimeras /tʁim.ʁa/ |
trimera /tʁim.ʁa/ |
trimerons /tʁim.ʁɔ̃/ |
trimerez /tʁim.ʁe/ |
trimeront /tʁim.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | trimerais /tʁim.ʁɛ/ |
trimerais /tʁim.ʁɛ/ |
trimerait /tʁim.ʁɛ/ |
trimerions /tʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
trimeriez /tʁi.mə.ʁje/ |
trimeraient /tʁim.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 | trime /tʁim/ |
trimes /tʁim/ |
trime /tʁim/ |
trimions /tʁi.mjɔ̃/ |
trimiez /tʁi.mje/ |
triment /tʁim/ |
| imperfect1 | trimasse /tʁi.mas/ |
trimasses /tʁi.mas/ |
trimât /tʁi.ma/ |
trimassions /tʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
trimassiez /tʁi.ma.sje/ |
trimassent /tʁi.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 | – | |
| — | trime /tʁim/ |
— | trimons /tʁi.mɔ̃/ |
trimez /tʁi.me/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “trimer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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