flamer

English

Etymology

flame +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfleɪmɚ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪmə(r)

Noun

flamer (plural flamers)

1. (colloquial, often derogatory) A very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male.
2. (computing, slang) One who flames, or posts vitriolic criticism.
   • 1997, Alex J. Packer, Pamela Espeland, How Rude!

     Send a note to the flamer. Tell him that his message was inappropriate. Request that he refrain from posting anything like it again.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English flame

Pronunciation

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Verb

flamer

1. (Internet) to flame (post disruptive messages)

Conjugation

Conjugation of flamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	flamer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	flamant /fla.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		flamé /fla.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	flame /flam/	flames /flam/	flame /flam/	flamons /fla.mɔ̃/	flamez /fla.me/	flament /flam/
	imperfect	flamais /fla.mɛ/	flamais /fla.mɛ/	flamait /fla.mɛ/	flamions /fla.mjɔ̃/	flamiez /fla.mje/	flamaient /fla.mɛ/
	past historic2	flamai /fla.me/	flamas /fla.ma/	flama /fla.ma/	flamâmes /fla.mam/	flamâtes /fla.mat/	flamèrent /fla.mɛʁ/
	future	flamerai /flam.ʁe/	flameras /flam.ʁa/	flamera /flam.ʁa/	flamerons /flam.ʁɔ̃/	flamerez /flam.ʁe/	flameront /flam.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	flamerais /flam.ʁɛ/	flamerais /flam.ʁɛ/	flamerait /flam.ʁɛ/	flamerions /fla.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	flameriez /fla.mə.ʁje/	flameraient /flam.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	flame /flam/	flames /flam/	flame /flam/	flamions /fla.mjɔ̃/	flamiez /fla.mje/	flament /flam/
	imperfect2	flamasse /fla.mas/	flamasses /fla.mas/	flamât /fla.ma/	flamassions /fla.ma.sjɔ̃/	flamassiez /fla.ma.sje/	flamassent /fla.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	flame /flam/	—	flamons /fla.mɔ̃/	flamez /fla.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).