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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒæmɚ/
- Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)
Noun
jammer (plural jammers)
- Any device used to jam radio reception.
- A kind of form-fitting swimwear used by athletes, resembling shorts.
- 2001, Newsgroups: rec.sport.swimming, Mon, 09 Jul 2001 21:39:52 GMT, Subject: Re: Laying out in Myrtle Beach
- As for me, I wear a dragsuit to the pool, and regular trunks to the beach. In competitions, I wear speedos, but am more comfortable in "jammers", which is a half-bodysuit.
- 2006, David West, 140.6 - One Man's Journey: The Metamorphosis from Casual Runner, page 62:
- In early May, I was starting to swim in jammers which I was not accustomed to or comfortable wearing. I have always thought that wearing spandex is an earned privelege, not a birthright.
- 2007, Janet Evans, Janet Evans' Total Swimming, page 5:
- Enter jammers in the mid-1990s. Jammers have the look of biking shorts with skin-tight Lycra covering the thigh to mid-thigh or the knee, depending on the cut.
- 2001, Newsgroups: rec.sport.swimming, Mon, 09 Jul 2001 21:39:52 GMT, Subject: Re: Laying out in Myrtle Beach
- A musician who jams.
- A device (e.g. a jumar) which will slide along a rope in one direction but not the other, used in rock-climbing, caving etc.
- (roller derby) A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.
Derived terms
Translations
device used to jam radio reception
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See also
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- djammer (Cape Afrikaans)
Etymology
From Dutch jammer, from Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iamer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).
Pronunciation
Interjection
jammer
Adjective
jammer (attributive jammer, not comparable)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iāmer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).
Interjection
jammer
See also
Adjective
jammer (comparative jammerder, superlative jammerst)
- unfortunate, sad
- (used predicatively) too bad, a pity
Inflection
| Inflection of jammer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | jammer | |||
| inflected | jammere | |||
| comparative | jammerder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | jammer | jammerder | het jammerst het jammerste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | jammere | jammerdere | jammerste |
| n. sing. | jammer | jammerder | jammerste | |
| plural | jammere | jammerdere | jammerste | |
| definite | jammere | jammerdere | jammerste | |
| partitive | jammers | jammerders | — | |
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
jammer
- inflection of jammeren:
French
Pronunciation
Verb
jammer
- (music, notably jazz) to jam; have a jam session
- Synonym: bœuffer
Conjugation
Conjugation of jammer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | jammer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | jammant /dʒa.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | jammé /dʒa.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | jamme /dʒam/ |
jammes /dʒam/ |
jamme /dʒam/ |
jammons /dʒa.mɔ̃/ |
jammez /dʒa.me/ |
jamment /dʒam/ |
| imperfect | jammais /dʒa.mɛ/ |
jammais /dʒa.mɛ/ |
jammait /dʒa.mɛ/ |
jammions /dʒa.mjɔ̃/ |
jammiez /dʒa.mje/ |
jammaient /dʒa.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | jammai /dʒa.me/ |
jammas /dʒa.ma/ |
jamma /dʒa.ma/ |
jammâmes /dʒa.mam/ |
jammâtes /dʒa.mat/ |
jammèrent /dʒa.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | jammerai /dʒam.ʁe/ |
jammeras /dʒam.ʁa/ |
jammera /dʒam.ʁa/ |
jammerons /dʒam.ʁɔ̃/ |
jammerez /dʒam.ʁe/ |
jammeront /dʒam.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | jammerais /dʒam.ʁɛ/ |
jammerais /dʒam.ʁɛ/ |
jammerait /dʒam.ʁɛ/ |
jammerions /dʒa.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
jammeriez /dʒa.mə.ʁje/ |
jammeraient /dʒam.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | jamme /dʒam/ |
jammes /dʒam/ |
jamme /dʒam/ |
jammions /dʒa.mjɔ̃/ |
jammiez /dʒa.mje/ |
jamment /dʒam/ |
| imperfect2 | jammasse /dʒa.mas/ |
jammasses /dʒa.mas/ |
jammât /dʒa.ma/ |
jammassions /dʒa.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
jammassiez /dʒa.ma.sje/ |
jammassent /dʒa.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | jamme /dʒam/ |
— | jammons /dʒa.mɔ̃/ |
jammez /dʒa.me/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
jammer
- inflection of jammern: