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nimber
nimber
English
Noun
nimber (plural nimbers)
- Any of a set of number-like objects used in combinatorial game theory.
Synonyms
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛ̃.be/
Verb
nimber
- (transitive) to surround with a halo or nimbus
- Bernard Clavel, La saison des loups, 1985, page 105
- Le ciel était clair et la lune à peine nimbée
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Le ciel était clair et la lune à peine nimbée
- Bernard Clavel, La saison des loups, 1985, page 105
Conjugation
Conjugation of nimber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | nimber | avoir nimbé | |||||
| gerund | en nimbant | en ayant nimbé | |||||
| present participle | nimbant /nɛ̃.bɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | nimbé /nɛ̃.be/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | nimbe /nɛ̃b/ |
nimbes /nɛ̃b/ |
nimbe /nɛ̃b/ |
nimbons /nɛ̃.bɔ̃/ |
nimbez /nɛ̃.be/ |
nimbent /nɛ̃b/ |
| imperfect | nimbais /nɛ̃.bɛ/ |
nimbais /nɛ̃.bɛ/ |
nimbait /nɛ̃.bɛ/ |
nimbions /nɛ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
nimbiez /nɛ̃.bje/ |
nimbaient /nɛ̃.bɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | nimbai /nɛ̃.be/ |
nimbas /nɛ̃.ba/ |
nimba /nɛ̃.ba/ |
nimbâmes /nɛ̃.bam/ |
nimbâtes /nɛ̃.bat/ |
nimbèrent /nɛ̃.bɛʁ/ |
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| future | nimberai /nɛ̃.bʁe/ |
nimberas /nɛ̃.bʁa/ |
nimbera /nɛ̃.bʁa/ |
nimberons /nɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
nimberez /nɛ̃.bʁe/ |
nimberont /nɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | nimberais /nɛ̃.bʁɛ/ |
nimberais /nɛ̃.bʁɛ/ |
nimberait /nɛ̃.bʁɛ/ |
nimberions /nɛ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
nimberiez /nɛ̃.bə.ʁje/ |
nimberaient /nɛ̃.bʁɛ/ |
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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 | nimbe /nɛ̃b/ |
nimbes /nɛ̃b/ |
nimbe /nɛ̃b/ |
nimbions /nɛ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
nimbiez /nɛ̃.bje/ |
nimbent /nɛ̃b/ |
| imperfect1 |
nimbasse /nɛ̃.bas/ |
nimbasses /nɛ̃.bas/ |
nimbât /nɛ̃.ba/ |
nimbassions /nɛ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
nimbassiez /nɛ̃.ba.sje/ |
nimbassent /nɛ̃.bas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | nimbe /nɛ̃b/ |
— | nimbons /nɛ̃.bɔ̃/ |
nimbez /nɛ̃.be/ |
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