lamer

See also: Lamer

English

Etymology

lame +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ)

Adjective

lamer

1. comparative form of lame: more lame

Noun

lamer (plural lamers)

1. (slang, derogatory, demoscene, gaming, warez, dated) A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence.

   Antonym: elite

   • 1997 April 1, David McCandless, “Warez Wars”, in Wired‎^[1], ISSN 1059-1028:

     Phil and his counterparts in Asia and the US are deployed to infiltrate pirate groups; to study IRC; to get under the skin of the lamers, the dabblers, and the professionals; to chat, seduce, charm, and interact with the denizens of this bizarre over-underworld.

   • 2009, John Impagliazzo; Timo Järvi; Petri Paju, editors, History of Nordic Computing 2 […] , Springer, →ISBN, page 298:

     Other accounts mention that the lamers are constantly asking for advice on coding routines.

Translations

a person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence

• Finnish: peelo (fi) (slang)
• Japanese: 厨房 (ja) (ちゅうぼう, chūbō)

Anagrams

• Almer, Lemar, Lerma, Maler, maerl, maler, marle, meral, realm

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French

Etymology

From lame +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.me/

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• Homophones: lamai, lamé, lamée, lamées, lamés, lamez

Verb

lamer

1. (transitive) to flatten

Conjugation

Conjugation of lamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	lamer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	lamant /la.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		lamé /la.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	lame /lam/	lames /lam/	lame /lam/	lamons /la.mɔ̃/	lamez /la.me/	lament /lam/
	imperfect	lamais /la.mɛ/	lamais /la.mɛ/	lamait /la.mɛ/	lamions /la.mjɔ̃/	lamiez /la.mje/	lamaient /la.mɛ/
	past historic2	lamai /la.me/	lamas /la.ma/	lama /la.ma/	lamâmes /la.mam/	lamâtes /la.mat/	lamèrent /la.mɛʁ/
	future	lamerai /lam.ʁe/	lameras /lam.ʁa/	lamera /lam.ʁa/	lamerons /lam.ʁɔ̃/	lamerez /lam.ʁe/	lameront /lam.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	lamerais /lam.ʁɛ/	lamerais /lam.ʁɛ/	lamerait /lam.ʁɛ/	lamerions /la.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	lameriez /la.mə.ʁje/	lameraient /lam.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	lame /lam/	lames /lam/	lame /lam/	lamions /la.mjɔ̃/	lamiez /la.mje/	lament /lam/
	imperfect2	lamasse /la.mas/	lamasses /la.mas/	lamât /la.ma/	lamassions /la.ma.sjɔ̃/	lamassiez /la.ma.sje/	lamassent /la.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lame /lam/	—	lamons /la.mɔ̃/	lamez /la.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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Armel, larme

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Kholosi

Etymology

Borrowed from Lari [script needed] (lamr).

Noun

lamer ?

1. sand

References

• Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx‎^[2], pages 13-36

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French mer.

Noun

lamer

1. sea

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• lamber (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin lambere, present active infinitive of lambō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈmeɾ/ [laˈmeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: la‧mer

Verb

lamer (first-person singular present lamo, first-person singular preterite lamí, past participle lamido)

1. to lick (stroke with the tongue)
2. to lick (lap; take in with the tongue)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lamer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lamer
gerund			lamiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lamido		lamida
		plural		lamidos		lamidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lamo	lamestú lamésvos	lame	lamemos	laméis	lamen
	imperfect	lamía	lamías	lamía	lamíamos	lamíais	lamían
	preterite	lamí	lamiste	lamió	lamimos	lamisteis	lamieron
	future	lameré	lamerás	lamerá	lameremos	lameréis	lamerán
	conditional	lamería	lamerías	lamería	lameríamos	lameríais	lamerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lama	lamastú lamásvos2	lama	lamamos	lamáis	laman
	imperfect (ra)	lamiera	lamieras	lamiera	lamiéramos	lamierais	lamieran
	imperfect (se)	lamiese	lamieses	lamiese	lamiésemos	lamieseis	lamiesen
	future1	lamiere	lamieres	lamiere	lamiéremos	lamiereis	lamieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lametú lamévos	lama	lamamos	lamed	laman
	negative		no lamas	no lama	no lamamos	no lamáis	no laman

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of lamer

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive lamer
	dative	lamerme	lamerte	lamerle, lamerse	lamernos	lameros	lamerles, lamerse
	accusative	lamerme	lamerte	lamerlo, lamerla, lamerse	lamernos	lameros	lamerlos, lamerlas, lamerse
with gerund lamiendo
	dative	lamiéndome	lamiéndote	lamiéndole, lamiéndose	lamiéndonos	lamiéndoos	lamiéndoles, lamiéndose
	accusative	lamiéndome	lamiéndote	lamiéndolo, lamiéndola, lamiéndose	lamiéndonos	lamiéndoos	lamiéndolos, lamiéndolas, lamiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lame
	dative	lámeme	lámete	lámele	lámenos	not used	lámeles
	accusative	lámeme	lámete	lámelo, lámela	lámenos	not used	lámelos, lámelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lamé
	dative	lameme	lamete	lamele	lamenos	not used	lameles
	accusative	lameme	lamete	lamelo, lamela	lamenos	not used	lamelos, lamelas
with formal second-person singular imperative lama
	dative	lámame	not used	lámale, lámase	lámanos	not used	lámales
	accusative	lámame	not used	lámalo, lámala, lámase	lámanos	not used	lámalos, lámalas
with first-person plural imperative lamamos
	dative	not used	lamámoste	lamámosle	lamámonos	lamámoos	lamámosles
	accusative	not used	lamámoste	lamámoslo, lamámosla	lamámonos	lamámoos	lamámoslos, lamámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lamed
	dative	lamedme	not used	lamedle	lamednos	lameos	lamedles
	accusative	lamedme	not used	lamedlo, lamedla	lamednos	lameos	lamedlos, lamedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative laman
	dative	lámanme	not used	lámanle	lámannos	not used	lámanles, lámanse
	accusative	lámanme	not used	lámanlo, lámanla	lámannos	not used	lámanlos, lámanlas, lámanse

Derived terms

• lameculos
• lamedura
• lamer el culo
• lamero
• lamerón
• lametón

 

Related terms

• chupar

Further reading

• “lamer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014