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Webster 1913 Edition
Aimer
Aim′er
,Noun.
One who aims, directs, or points.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aimer
A'IMER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
aimer
aimer
French
Etymology
From the conjugated forms of Old French amer, from Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”), from Proto-Indo-European [Term?].
Pronunciation
Verb
aimer
- 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 love you.
- Donne-moi une raison de t’aimer.
- to like (often with bien)
- Il aime bien danser.
- He likes dancing.
- Il aime bien danser.
Conjugation
Conjugation of aimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | aimer | avoir aimé | |||||
| gerund | en aimant | en ayant aimé | |||||
| present participle | aimant /e.mɑ̃/ or /ɛ.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | aimé /e.me/ or /ɛ.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 | aime /ɛm/ |
aimes /ɛm/ |
aime /ɛm/ |
aimons /e.mɔ̃/ or /ɛ.mɔ̃/ |
aimez /e.me/ or /ɛ.me/ |
aiment /ɛm/ |
| imperfect | aimais /e.mɛ/ or /ɛ.mɛ/ |
aimais /e.mɛ/ or /ɛ.mɛ/ |
aimait /e.mɛ/ or /ɛ.mɛ/ |
aimions /e.mjɔ̃/ or /ɛ.mjɔ̃/ |
aimiez /e.mje/ or /ɛ.mje/ |
aimaient /e.mɛ/ or /ɛ.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | aimai /e.me/ or /ɛ.me/ |
aimas /e.ma/ or /ɛ.ma/ |
aima /e.ma/ or /ɛ.ma/ |
aimâmes /e.mam/ or /ɛ.mam/ |
aimâtes /e.mat/ or /ɛ.mat/ |
aimèrent /e.mɛʁ/ or /ɛ.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | aimerai /ɛm.ʁe/ |
aimeras /ɛm.ʁa/ |
aimera /ɛm.ʁa/ |
aimerons /ɛm.ʁɔ̃/ |
aimerez /ɛm.ʁe/ |
aimeront /ɛm.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | aimerais /ɛm.ʁɛ/ |
aimerais /ɛm.ʁɛ/ |
aimerait /ɛm.ʁɛ/ |
aimerions /ɛ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aimeriez /ɛ.mə.ʁje/ |
aimeraient /ɛm.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 | aime /ɛm/ |
aimes /ɛm/ |
aime /ɛm/ |
aimions /e.mjɔ̃/ or /ɛ.mjɔ̃/ |
aimiez /e.mje/ or /ɛ.mje/ |
aiment /ɛm/ |
| imperfect1 |
aimasse /e.mas/ or /ɛ.mas/ |
aimasses /e.mas/ or /ɛ.mas/ |
aimât /e.ma/ or /ɛ.ma/ |
aimassions /e.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
aimassiez /e.ma.sje/ or /ɛ.ma.sje/ |
aimassent /e.mas/ or /ɛ.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 | – | |
| — | aime /ɛm/ |
— | aimons /e.mɔ̃/ or /ɛ.mɔ̃/ |
aimez /e.me/ or /ɛ.me/ |
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Related terms
Anagrams
Norman
Alternative forms
- oïmaïr (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French amer, aimer, from Latin amō, amāre (“love”).
Pronunciation
Verb
aimer
Antonyms
- dêtester (“to hate”)
Old French
Verb
aimer
- 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 | — | ||