amer

French

Etymology

From Old French amer, from Latin amārus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /amɛʀ/

Adjective

amer m (feminine amère, masculine plural amers, feminine plural amères)

1. bitter
2. sour

See also

• amertume
• âpre
• doux-amer

Anagrams

• arme, armé, mare, rame, ramé

External links

• "amer" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Latin

Verb

amer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of amō

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō.

Verb

amer

1. to love
2. to like

Conjugation

• This verb conjugates as with other verbs ending -er, but may have two stems (an unstressed or "weak" one and a stressed or "strong" one, which appears only in the present tense). It may have additional, predictable irregularities in the present indicative and subjunctive singular due to phonological constraints in the language. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		amer			avoir amé, amez
gerund		en amant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		amant
past participle		amé, amez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	aim	aimes	aime	amons	amez, amés	aiment
	imperfect	amoie, ameie, amoe, ameve	amoies, ameies, amoes, ameves	amoit, ameit, amot, ameve	amiens, amiiens	amiez, amiiez	amoient, ameient, amoent, amevent
	past historic	amai	amas	ama	amames	amastes	amerent
	future	amerai	ameras	amera	amerons	amerez, amereiz	ameront
	conditional	ameroie, amereie	ameroies, amereies	ameroit, amereit	ameriens, ameriiens	ameriez, ameriiez	ameroient, amereient
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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	aim	ains	aint	amons	amez	aiment
	imperfect	amasse	amasses	amast	amissons	amissez, amissiez	amassent
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	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	aime	—	amons	amez	—

Related terms

• ameor

Descendants

• French: aimer

Etymology 2

From Latin amārus

Adjective

amer m (feminine amere)

1. bitter
2. sour

Declension

  Declension of amer  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	amers	amere	amer
	Oblique	amer	amere	amer
Plural	Subject	amer	ameres	amer
	Oblique	amers	ameres	amer

Descendants

• French: amer
• Jèrriais: amé

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Old Saxon

Noun

amer f

1. Alternative form of amsla.