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, present active infinitive of amō (“I 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
Conjugation of aimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple aimer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple aimant
/ɛ.mɑ̃/ or /e.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle aimé
/ɛ.me/ or /e.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present aime
/ɛm/		 aimes
/ɛm/		 aime
/ɛm/		 aimons
/ɛ.mɔ̃/ or /e.mɔ̃/		 aimez
/ɛ.me/ or /e.me/		 aiment
/ɛm/
imperfect aimais
/ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/		 aimais
/ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/		 aimait
/ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/		 aimions
/ɛ.mjɔ̃/ or /e.mjɔ̃/		 aimiez
/ɛ.mje/ or /e.mje/		 aimaient
/ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/
past historic2 aimai
/ɛ.me/ or /e.me/		 aimas
/ɛ.ma/ or /e.ma/		 aima
/ɛ.ma/ or /e.ma/		 aimâmes
/ɛ.mam/ or /e.mam/		 aimâtes
/ɛ.mat/ or /e.mat/		 aimèrent
/ɛ.mɛʁ/ or /e.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/ or /e.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 aimeriez
/ɛ.mə.ʁje/ or /e.mə.ʁje/		 aimeraient
/ɛm.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 aime
/ɛm/		 aimes
/ɛm/		 aime
/ɛm/		 aimions
/ɛ.mjɔ̃/ or /e.mjɔ̃/		 aimiez
/ɛ.mje/ or /e.mje/		 aiment
/ɛm/
imperfect2 aimasse
/ɛ.mas/ or /e.mas/		 aimasses
/ɛ.mas/ or /e.mas/		 aimât
/ɛ.ma/ or /e.ma/		 aimassions
/ɛ.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ma.sjɔ̃/		 aimassiez
/ɛ.ma.sje/ or /e.ma.sje/		 aimassent
/ɛ.mas/ or /e.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — aime
/ɛm/		 — aimons
/ɛ.mɔ̃/ or /e.mɔ̃/		 aimez
/ɛ.me/ or /e.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).

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

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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