airer

English

Etymology

From air +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹə/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹɚ/
• (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈeɹɚ/, /ɛəɹɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈeːɹə/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈiəɹə/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈeəɹə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈeɹəɹ/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɜːɹə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹə(ɹ)
• Homophone: era (non-rhotic, fair–fur merger)
• Hyphenation: bear‧er

Noun

airer (plural airers)

1. A framework upon which laundry is aired; a clotheshorse.

Translations

clotheshorse — see clotheshorse

Anagrams

• Riera, arrie, reair

French

Etymology

From aire +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

airer

1. to nest (make a nest)

Conjugation

Conjugation of airer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	airer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	airant /ɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /e.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		airé /ɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	aire /ɛʁ/	aires /ɛʁ/	aire /ɛʁ/	airons /ɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɔ̃/	airez /ɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ʁe/	airent /ɛʁ/
	imperfect	airais /ɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɛ/	airais /ɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɛ/	airait /ɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɛ/	airions /ɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁjɔ̃/	airiez /ɛ.ʁje/ or /e.ʁje/	airaient /ɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	airai /ɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ʁe/	airas /ɛ.ʁa/ or /e.ʁa/	aira /ɛ.ʁa/ or /e.ʁa/	airâmes /ɛ.ʁam/ or /e.ʁam/	airâtes /ɛ.ʁat/ or /e.ʁat/	airèrent /ɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /e.ʁɛʁ/
	future	airerai /ɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.ʁə.ʁe/	aireras /ɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.ʁə.ʁa/	airera /ɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.ʁə.ʁa/	airerons /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	airerez /ɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.ʁə.ʁe/	aireront /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	airerais /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/	airerais /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/	airerait /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/	airerions /ɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	aireriez /ɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /e.ʁə.ʁje/	aireraient /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁə.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	aire /ɛʁ/	aires /ɛʁ/	aire /ɛʁ/	airions /ɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁjɔ̃/	airiez /ɛ.ʁje/ or /e.ʁje/	airent /ɛʁ/
	imperfect2	airasse /ɛ.ʁas/ or /e.ʁas/	airasses /ɛ.ʁas/ or /e.ʁas/	airât /ɛ.ʁa/ or /e.ʁa/	airassions /ɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	airassiez /ɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /e.ʁa.sje/	airassent /ɛ.ʁas/ or /e.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	aire /ɛʁ/	—	airons /ɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɔ̃/	airez /ɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ʁe/	—
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

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

Anagrams

• errai

Norman

Alternative forms

• arer

Etymology 1

From Old French arer, itself from Latin arare.

Verb

airer

1. (transitive) to plow

Conjugation

    Conjugation of the verb airer in Norman

infinitive			airer
gerund			airant
auxiliary			aveir1
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		airé		airée
		plural		airés		airées
		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	aire	aires	aire	airoms	airez	airent
	imperfect	aireis airos2	aireis airos2	aireit airot2	airioms	airiez	aireient airoent2
	preterite	airai	airas	aira	airâmes	airâtes	airèrent
	future	airerai	aireras	airera	aireroms	airerez	aireront
	conditional	airereis	airereis	airereit	airerioms	aireriez	airereient
subjunctive		que jeo (j')	que tu (t')	qu'il, qu'elle, qu'on	que nos	que vos	qu'il, qu'elles
	present	aire	aires	aire	airioms	airiez	airent
	imperfect	airasse	airasses	airât airasse	airassioms	airassiez	airassent
imperative		—	tu	—	nos	vos	—
			aire		airoms	airez
1Used with past participles. 2Archaic or literary forms.

Etymology 2

From English air +‎ -er.

Verb

airer

1. (Jersey) to air (laundry, etc.)