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flamer
flamer
English
Noun
flamer (plural flamers)
- (colloquial, often pejorative) A very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male.
- (computing, slang) One who flames, or posts vitriolic criticism.
- 1997, Alex J. Packer, Pamela Espeland, How Rude!
- Send a note to the flamer. Tell him that his message was inappropriate. Request that he refrain from posting anything like it again.
- 1997, Alex J. Packer, Pamela Espeland, How Rude!
French
Etymology
Verb
flamer
Conjugation
Conjugation of flamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | flamer | avoir flamé | |||||
| gerund | en flamant | en ayant flamé | |||||
| present participle | flamant /fla.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | flamé /fla.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | flame /flam/ |
flames /flam/ |
flame /flam/ |
flamons /fla.mɔ̃/ |
flamez /fla.me/ |
flament /flam/ |
| imperfect | flamais /fla.mɛ/ |
flamais /fla.mɛ/ |
flamait /fla.mɛ/ |
flamions /fla.mjɔ̃/ |
flamiez /fla.mje/ |
flamaient /fla.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | flamai /fla.me/ |
flamas /fla.ma/ |
flama /fla.ma/ |
flamâmes /fla.mam/ |
flamâtes /fla.mat/ |
flamèrent /fla.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | flamerai /flam.ʁe/ |
flameras /flam.ʁa/ |
flamera /flam.ʁa/ |
flamerons /flam.ʁɔ̃/ |
flamerez /flam.ʁe/ |
flameront /flam.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | flamerais /flam.ʁɛ/ |
flamerais /flam.ʁɛ/ |
flamerait /flam.ʁɛ/ |
flamerions /fla.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
flameriez /fla.mə.ʁje/ |
flameraient /flam.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | flame /flam/ |
flames /flam/ |
flame /flam/ |
flamions /fla.mjɔ̃/ |
flamiez /fla.mje/ |
flament /flam/ |
| imperfect1 |
flamasse /fla.mas/ |
flamasses /fla.mas/ |
flamât /fla.ma/ |
flamassions /fla.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
flamassiez /fla.ma.sje/ |
flamassent /fla.mas/ |
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| 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 | – | |
| — | flame /flam/ |
— | flamons /fla.mɔ̃/ |
flamez /fla.me/ |
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