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Amer
amer
amer
French
Adjective
amer m (feminine singular amère, masculine plural amers, feminine plural amères)
See also
Anagrams
Middle French
Verb
amer
- (rare) Alternative form of aymer
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of amer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | amer | avoir amé | |||||
| gerund | en amant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | amant | ||||||
| past participle | amé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | ame | ames | ame | amons | amez | ament |
| imperfect | amois, amoys | amois, amoys | amoit, amoyt | amions, amyons | amiez, amyez | amoient, amoyent | |
| past historic | ama | amas | ama | amasmes | amastes | amerent | |
| future | amerai, ameray | ameras | amera | amerons | amerez | ameront | |
| conditional | amerois, ameroys | amerois, ameroys | ameroit, ameroyt | amerions, ameryons | ameriez, ameryez | ameroient, ameroyent | |
| 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 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | ame | ames | ame | amons | amez | ament |
| imperfect | amasse | amasses | amast | amassions | amassiez | amassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | ame | — | amons | amez | — | ||
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō.
Verb
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. This verb has a stressed present stem aim distinct from the unstressed stem am. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of amer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | amer | avoir amé | |||||
| gerund | en amant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | amant | ||||||
| past participle | amé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | aim | aimes | aime | amons | amez | aiment |
| imperfect | amoie, ameie, amoe, ameve | amoies, ameies, amoes, ameves | amoit, ameit, amot, ameve | amiiens, amiens | amiiez, amiez | amoient, ameient, amoent, amevent | |
| preterite | amai | amas | ama | amames | amastes | amerent | |
| future | amerai | ameras | amera | amerons | ameroiz, amereiz, amerez | ameront | |
| conditional | ameroie, amereie | ameroies, amereies | ameroit, amereit | ameriiens, ameriens | ameriiez, ameriez | ameroient, amereient | |
| 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 | amons | amez | aiment |
| imperfect | amasse | amasses | amast | amissons, amissiens | amissoiz, amissez, amissiez | amassent | |
| 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 | — | amons | amez | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- French: aimer
Etymology 2
Adjective
amer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular amere)
Declension
Declension of amer