grimer

French

Etymology

From Middle French grime (“mask”) +‎ -er, from Old French grime, from Frankish *grīmo, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.me/

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Verb

grimer

1. to make up, to paint (apply make up or face paint to)
2. to make (someone's face) look older

Conjugation

Conjugation of grimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grimer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	grimant /ɡʁi.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		grimé /ɡʁi.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	grime /ɡʁim/	grimes /ɡʁim/	grime /ɡʁim/	grimons /ɡʁi.mɔ̃/	grimez /ɡʁi.me/	griment /ɡʁim/
	imperfect	grimais /ɡʁi.mɛ/	grimais /ɡʁi.mɛ/	grimait /ɡʁi.mɛ/	grimions /ɡʁi.mjɔ̃/	grimiez /ɡʁi.mje/	grimaient /ɡʁi.mɛ/
	past historic2	grimai /ɡʁi.me/	grimas /ɡʁi.ma/	grima /ɡʁi.ma/	grimâmes /ɡʁi.mam/	grimâtes /ɡʁi.mat/	grimèrent /ɡʁi.mɛʁ/
	future	grimerai /ɡʁim.ʁe/	grimeras /ɡʁim.ʁa/	grimera /ɡʁim.ʁa/	grimerons /ɡʁim.ʁɔ̃/	grimerez /ɡʁim.ʁe/	grimeront /ɡʁim.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grimerais /ɡʁim.ʁɛ/	grimerais /ɡʁim.ʁɛ/	grimerait /ɡʁim.ʁɛ/	grimerions /ɡʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	grimeriez /ɡʁi.mə.ʁje/	grimeraient /ɡʁim.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	grime /ɡʁim/	grimes /ɡʁim/	grime /ɡʁim/	grimions /ɡʁi.mjɔ̃/	grimiez /ɡʁi.mje/	griment /ɡʁim/
	imperfect2	grimasse /ɡʁi.mas/	grimasses /ɡʁi.mas/	grimât /ɡʁi.ma/	grimassions /ɡʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/	grimassiez /ɡʁi.ma.sje/	grimassent /ɡʁi.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	grime /ɡʁim/	—	grimons /ɡʁi.mɔ̃/	grimez /ɡʁi.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “grimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Noun

grimer m (plural grimeri)

1. Alternative form of grimeur