limer

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See also: limêr

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman limer (Old French liemier, French limier), from Old French liem (“leash”).

Alternative forms

Noun

limer (plural limers)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.

Etymology 2

lime +‎ -er.

Noun

limer (plural limers)

  1. Someone who limes; someone who uses bird-lime or who limewashes.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

limer (plural limers)

  1. (Caribbean) Someone who hangs around the streets; someone hanging out.
Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From lime +‎ -er or from Latin līmāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.me/
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Verb

limer

  1. file (to smooth with a file)
  2. (vulgar, France) to fuck, shag, pound

Conjugation

Conjugation of limer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple limer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple limant
/li.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle limé
/li.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present lime
/lim/ 		limes
/lim/ 		lime
/lim/ 		limons
/li.mɔ̃/ 		limez
/li.me/ 		liment
/lim/
imperfect limais
/li.mɛ/ 		limais
/li.mɛ/ 		limait
/li.mɛ/ 		limions
/li.mjɔ̃/ 		limiez
/li.mje/ 		limaient
/li.mɛ/
past historic2 limai
/li.me/ 		limas
/li.ma/ 		lima
/li.ma/ 		limâmes
/li.mam/ 		limâtes
/li.mat/ 		limèrent
/li.mɛʁ/
future limerai
/lim.ʁe/ 		limeras
/lim.ʁa/ 		limera
/lim.ʁa/ 		limerons
/lim.ʁɔ̃/ 		limerez
/lim.ʁe/ 		limeront
/lim.ʁɔ̃/
conditional limerais
/lim.ʁɛ/ 		limerais
/lim.ʁɛ/ 		limerait
/lim.ʁɛ/ 		limerions
/li.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		limeriez
/li.mə.ʁje/ 		limeraient
/lim.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 lime
/lim/ 		limes
/lim/ 		lime
/lim/ 		limions
/li.mjɔ̃/ 		limiez
/li.mje/ 		liment
/lim/
imperfect2 limasse
/li.mas/ 		limasses
/li.mas/ 		limât
/li.ma/ 		limassions
/li.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		limassiez
/li.ma.sje/ 		limassent
/li.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lime
/lim/ 		— limons
/li.mɔ̃/ 		limez
/li.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

līmer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of līmō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

limer m

  1. indefinite plural of lime

Verb

limer

  1. present of lime

Old French

Noun

limer oblique singular, m (oblique plural limers, nominative singular limers, nominative plural limer)

  1. limer (hound)

Descendants

  • English: limer

References

Swedish

Noun

limer

  1. indefinite plural of lime
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