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Rimer
Rim′er
,Noun.
A rhymer; a versifier.
Rim′er
,Noun.
A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.
Definition 2024
rimer
rimer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.me/
Verb
rimer
- (intransitive) to rhyme (of two words, whose final syllables are the same)
- (intransitive) to rhyme (to make rhymes)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rimer | avoir rimé | |||||
| gerund | en rimant | en ayant rimé | |||||
| present participle | rimant /ʁi.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rimé /ʁi.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 | rime /ʁim/ |
rimes /ʁim/ |
rime /ʁim/ |
rimons /ʁi.mɔ̃/ |
rimez /ʁi.me/ |
riment /ʁim/ |
| imperfect | rimais /ʁi.mɛ/ |
rimais /ʁi.mɛ/ |
rimait /ʁi.mɛ/ |
rimions /ʁi.mjɔ̃/ |
rimiez /ʁi.mje/ |
rimaient /ʁi.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rimai /ʁi.me/ |
rimas /ʁi.ma/ |
rima /ʁi.ma/ |
rimâmes /ʁi.mam/ |
rimâtes /ʁi.mat/ |
rimèrent /ʁi.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | rimerai /ʁim.ʁe/ |
rimeras /ʁim.ʁa/ |
rimera /ʁim.ʁa/ |
rimerons /ʁim.ʁɔ̃/ |
rimerez /ʁim.ʁe/ |
rimeront /ʁim.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rimerais /ʁim.ʁɛ/ |
rimerais /ʁim.ʁɛ/ |
rimerait /ʁim.ʁɛ/ |
rimerions /ʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rimeriez /ʁi.mə.ʁje/ |
rimeraient /ʁim.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 | rime /ʁim/ |
rimes /ʁim/ |
rime /ʁim/ |
rimions /ʁi.mjɔ̃/ |
rimiez /ʁi.mje/ |
riment /ʁim/ |
| imperfect1 |
rimasse /ʁi.mas/ |
rimasses /ʁi.mas/ |
rimât /ʁi.ma/ |
rimassions /ʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
rimassiez /ʁi.ma.sje/ |
rimassent /ʁi.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 | – | |
| — | rime /ʁim/ |
— | rimons /ʁi.mɔ̃/ |
rimez /ʁi.me/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Anagrams
Old French
Verb
rimer
- to recount a tale, especially by rhyming
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, De l'Estat du Monde:
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Rimer vueil du monde divers.
- I want to rhyme about the whole world
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Rimer vueil du monde divers.
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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 rimer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rimer | avoir rimé | |||||
| gerund | en rimant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | rimant | ||||||
| past participle | rimé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | rim | rimes | rime | rimons | rimez | riment |
| imperfect | rimoie, rimeie, rimoe, rimeve | rimoies, rimeies, rimoes, rimeves | rimoit, rimeit, rimot, rimeve | rimiiens, rimiens | rimiiez, rimiez | rimoient, rimeient, rimoent, rimevent | |
| preterite | rimai | rimas | rima | rimames | rimastes | rimerent | |
| future | rimerai | rimeras | rimera | rimerons | rimeroiz, rimereiz, rimerez | rimeront | |
| conditional | rimeroie, rimereie | rimeroies, rimereies | rimeroit, rimereit | rimeriiens, rimeriens | rimeriiez, rimeriez | rimeroient, rimereient | |
| 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 | rim | rins | rint | rimons | rimez | riment |
| imperfect | rimasse | rimasses | rimast | rimissons, rimissiens | rimissoiz, rimissez, rimissiez | rimassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | rime | — | rimons | rimez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: rimer