aimer

English

Etymology

aim +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪmə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪmɚ/

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Noun

aimer (plural aimers)

1. One who aims; one who is responsible for aiming.
   • 2009 April 4, Steve Holland, “Ron 'Nobby' Clark”, in The Guardian‎:

     After joining the RAF, he trained as a bomb aimer in Oxfords, Ansons and Wellingtons before joining a squadron of Lancasters.

Anagrams

• Maire, Marie, Miera, armie, ramie, reaim, rimae

French

Etymology

From the conjugated forms of Old French amer, from Latin amāre (“to love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.me/, /e.me/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: aimai, aimé, aimée, aimées, aimés, aimez

Verb

aimer

1. 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 like you.

   J’aime cet homme-ci plus que tout au monde.

   I love this man more than anything in the world.

2. to like (often with bien)

   Il aime bien danser. ― He likes dancing.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• je t’aime
• je vous aime
• qui aime bien châtie bien
• qui m’aime me suive

Related terms

• amateur
• ami, amie
• amour

Descendants

• Saint Dominican Creole French: haimé

Further reading

• “aimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• maire
• marie, Marie, marié

Norman

Etymology

From Old French amer.

Verb

aimer

1. (transitive) to love
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 515:

     Si l'houme aïme autre mûx que sé au moulin i' mourra de set.

     If a man loves others more than himself, he will die of thirst even were he in a mill.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of the verb « aimer » in Norman

infinitive			aimier
gerund			aimant
auxiliary			aveir1
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aimié		aimie
		plural		aimiés		aimies
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	tu (t')	il, alle, nos	je (nos)	vos	il, alles
	present	aime	aimes	aime	aimoms	aimiez	aiment
	imperfect	aimeis	aimeis	aimeit	aimioms	aimiez	aimeient
	preterite	aimis	aimis	aimit	aimîmes	aimîtes	aimîtrent
	future	aimerai	aimeras	aimera	aimeroms	aimerez	aimeront
	conditional	aimereis	aimereis	aimereit	aimerioms	aimeriez	aimereient
subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il, qu'alle, que nos	que je (que nos)	que vos	qu'il, qu'alles
	present	aime	aimes	aime	aimioms	aimiez	aiment
	imperfect	aimisse	aimisse	aimît aimisse	aimissioms	aimissiez	aimissent
imperative		—	tu	—	je (nos)	vos	—
			aime		aimoms	aimiez
1Used with past participles.

Antonyms

• haïr (“to hate”)
• haguir (“to hate”)

Old French

Verb

aimer

1. 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.