aimer

English

Etymology

From aim +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (non-rhotic)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ̯məː/, [ˈeɪ̯məː]

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• (rhotic)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ̯mɚ/, [ˈeɪ̯mɚ] ~ [ˈeɪ̯mɹ̩]
• Hyphenation: aim‧er

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^[1]:

     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 Middle French aymer, from Old French amer, from Latin amō (“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 English 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

Conjugation of aimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	aimer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	aimant /ɛ.mɑ̃/ or /e.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		aimé /ɛ.me/ or /e.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	aime /ɛm/2	aimes /ɛm/	aime /ɛm/	aimons /ɛ.mɔ̃/ or /e.mɔ̃/	aimez /ɛ.me/ or /e.me/	aiment /ɛm/
	imperfect	aimais /ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/	aimais /ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/	aimait /ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/	aimions /ɛ.mjɔ̃/ or /e.mjɔ̃/	aimiez /ɛ.mje/ or /e.mje/	aimaient /ɛ.mɛ/ or /e.mɛ/
	past historic3	aimai /ɛ.me/ or /e.me/	aimas /ɛ.ma/ or /e.ma/	aima /ɛ.ma/ or /e.ma/	aimâmes /ɛ.mam/ or /e.mam/	aimâtes /ɛ.mat/ or /e.mat/	aimèrent /ɛ.mɛʁ/ or /e.mɛʁ/
	future	aimerai /ɛm.ʁe/	aimeras /ɛm.ʁa/	aimera /ɛm.ʁa/	aimerons /ɛm.ʁɔ̃/	aimerez /ɛm.ʁe/	aimeront /ɛm.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	aimerais /ɛm.ʁɛ/	aimerais /ɛm.ʁɛ/	aimerait /ɛm.ʁɛ/	aimerions /ɛ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	aimeriez /ɛ.mə.ʁje/ or /e.mə.ʁje/	aimeraient /ɛm.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior3	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	aime /ɛm/2	aimes /ɛm/	aime /ɛm/	aimions /ɛ.mjɔ̃/ or /e.mjɔ̃/	aimiez /ɛ.mje/ or /e.mje/	aiment /ɛm/
	imperfect3	aimasse /ɛ.mas/ or /e.mas/	aimasses /ɛ.mas/ or /e.mas/	aimât /ɛ.ma/ or /e.ma/	aimassions /ɛ.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ma.sjɔ̃/	aimassiez /ɛ.ma.sje/ or /e.ma.sje/	aimassent /ɛ.mas/ or /e.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect3	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	aime /ɛm/	—	aimons /ɛ.mɔ̃/ or /e.mɔ̃/	aimez /ɛ.me/ or /e.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 aimé when inverted.
3 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).

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

• Louisiana Creole: linmé
• Saint Dominican Creole French: haimé

Further reading

• “aimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 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^[2], 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		jeo (j')	tu (t')	il, elle, on	nos	vos	il, elles
	present	aime	aimes	aime	aimoms	aimiez	aiment
	imperfect	aimeis aimos2	aimeis aimos2	aimeit aimot2	aimioms	aimiez	aimeient aimoent2
	preterite	aimai	aimas	aima	aimâmes	aimâtes	aimèrent
	future	aimerai	aimeras	aimera	aimeroms	aimerez	aimeront
	conditional	aimereis	aimereis	aimereit	aimerioms	aimeriez	aimereient
subjunctive		que jeo (j')	que tu (t')	qu'il, qu'elle, qu'on	que nos	que vos	qu'il, qu'elles
	present	aime	aimes	aime	aimioms	aimiez	aiment
	imperfect	aimasse	aimasses	aimât aimasse	aimassioms	aimassiez	aimassent
imperative		—	tu	—	nos	vos	—
			aime		aimoms	aimiez
1Used with past participles. 2Archaic or literary forms.

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.

    Conjugation of aimer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aimer			avoir aimé
gerund		en aimant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		aimant
past participle		aimé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	aim	aimes	aime	aimons	aimez	aiment
	imperfect	aimoie, aimeie, aimoe, aimeve	aimoies, aimeies, aimoes, aimeves	aimoit, aimeit, aimot, aimeve	aimiiens, aimiens	aimiiez, aimiez	aimoient, aimeient, aimoent, aimevent
	preterite	aimai	aimas	aima	aimames	aimastes	aimerent
	future	aimerai	aimeras	aimera	aimerons	aimeroiz, aimereiz, aimerez	aimeront
	conditional	aimeroie, aimereie	aimeroies, aimereies	aimeroit, aimereit	aimeriiens, aimeriens	aimeriiez, aimeriez	aimeroient, aimereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	aim	ains	aint	aimons	aimez	aiment
	imperfect	aimasse	aimasses	aimast	aimissons, aimissiens	aimissoiz, aimissez, aimissiez	aimassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	aime	—	aimons	aimez	—