miser
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See also misër
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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[edit] Noun
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miser (plural misers)
- (pejorative) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.
- Ebenezer Scrooge was a stereotypical miser, he spent nothing he could save; neither giving to charity nor enjoying his wealth.
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[edit] Translations
skinflint or scrooge
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[edit] French
[edit] Verb
miser
- (gambling) to bet (place a bet)
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of miser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | miser | avoir misé | |||||
| gerund | en misant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | misant | ||||||
| past participle | misé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mise | mises | mise | misons | misez | misent |
| imperfect | misais | misais | misait | misions | misiez | misaient | |
| past historic | misai | misas | misa | misâmes | misâtes | misèrent | |
| future | miserai | miseras | misera | miserons | miserez | miseront | |
| conditional | miserais | miserais | miserait | miserions | miseriez | miseraient | |
| 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 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 | mise | mises | mise | misions | misiez | misent |
| imperfect | misasse | misasses | misât | misassions | misassiez | misassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | mise | — | misons | misez | — | ||
[edit] Latin
[edit] Adjective
miser, f. misera, n. miserum
[edit] Derived terms
- misellus
- miserari
- miserabilis
- miserandus
- miseratio
- miserator, misertor
- misereri
- miseria
- misericordia, misericors
- miserinus
- miserulus
- (English) miserable, misery etc.
[edit] References
- H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
