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Limer
Lim′er
(līm′ẽr)
, Noun.
A limehound; a limmer.
Chaucer.
Definition 2025
limer
limer
English
Alternative forms
Noun
limer (plural limers)
- (obsolete) A kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.
Etymology 2
Noun
limer (plural limers)
- Someone who limes; someone who uses bird-lime or who limewashes.
Etymology 3
Origin unknown.
Noun
limer (plural limers)
- (West Indies) Someone who hangs around the streets; someone hanging out.
Derived terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
lime + -er or from Latin limāre, present active infinitive of limō.
Pronunciation
Verb
limer
Conjugation
Conjugation of limer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | limer | avoir limé | |||||
| gerund | en limant | en ayant limé | |||||
| present participle | limant /li.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | limé /li.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 | lime /lim/ |
limes /lim/ |
lime /lim/ |
limons /li.mɔ̃/ |
limez /li.me/ |
liment /lim/ |
| imperfect | limais /li.mɛ/ |
limais /li.mɛ/ |
limait /li.mɛ/ |
limions /li.mjɔ̃/ |
limiez /li.mje/ |
limaient /li.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | limai /li.me/ |
limas /li.ma/ |
lima /li.ma/ |
limâmes /li.mam/ |
limâtes /li.mat/ |
limèrent /li.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | limerai /lim.ʁe/ |
limeras /lim.ʁa/ |
limera /lim.ʁa/ |
limerons /lim.ʁɔ̃/ |
limerez /lim.ʁe/ |
limeront /lim.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | limerais /lim.ʁɛ/ |
limerais /lim.ʁɛ/ |
limerait /lim.ʁɛ/ |
limerions /li.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
limeriez /li.mə.ʁje/ |
limeraient /lim.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 | lime /lim/ |
limes /lim/ |
lime /lim/ |
limions /li.mjɔ̃/ |
limiez /li.mje/ |
liment /lim/ |
| imperfect1 |
limasse /li.mas/ |
limasses /li.mas/ |
limât /li.ma/ |
limassions /li.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
limassiez /li.ma.sje/ |
limassent /li.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 | – | |
| — | lime /lim/ |
— | limons /li.mɔ̃/ |
limez /li.me/ |
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