limer

See also: limêr

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪmə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪməɹ/
• Rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman limer (Old French liemier, French limier), from Old French liem (“leash”).

Alternative forms

• lymer, limier

Noun

limer (plural limers)

1. (obsolete) A kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

English lime

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English limer

From lime + -er.

Noun

limer (plural limers)

1. Someone who limes; someone who uses bird-lime or who limewashes.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

limer (plural limers)

1. (Caribbean) Someone who hangs around the streets; someone hanging out.

Derived terms

• lime

Anagrams

• Ilmer, Imler, Miler, Rimel, miler

French

Etymology

From lime +‎ -er or from Latin līmāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.me/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Verb

limer

1. to file (for nails, to smooth with a file)
2. (vulgar, France) to fuck, shag, pound

Conjugation

Conjugation of limer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	limer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	limant /li.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		limé /li.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	lime /lim/	limes /lim/	lime /lim/	limons /li.mɔ̃/	limez /li.me/	liment /lim/
	imperfect	limais /li.mɛ/	limais /li.mɛ/	limait /li.mɛ/	limions /li.mjɔ̃/	limiez /li.mje/	limaient /li.mɛ/
	past historic2	limai /li.me/	limas /li.ma/	lima /li.ma/	limâmes /li.mam/	limâtes /li.mat/	limèrent /li.mɛʁ/
	future	limerai /lim.ʁe/	limeras /lim.ʁa/	limera /lim.ʁa/	limerons /lim.ʁɔ̃/	limerez /lim.ʁe/	limeront /lim.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	limerais /lim.ʁɛ/	limerais /lim.ʁɛ/	limerait /lim.ʁɛ/	limerions /li.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	limeriez /li.mə.ʁje/	limeraient /lim.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	lime /lim/	limes /lim/	lime /lim/	limions /li.mjɔ̃/	limiez /li.mje/	liment /lim/
	imperfect2	limasse /li.mas/	limasses /li.mas/	limât /li.ma/	limassions /li.ma.sjɔ̃/	limassiez /li.ma.sje/	limassent /li.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lime /lim/	—	limons /li.mɔ̃/	limez /li.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).

Derived terms

• limage

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.mɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.mer]

Verb

līmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of līmō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

limer m

1. indefinite plural of lime

Verb

limer

1. present of lime

Old French

Noun

limer oblique singular, m (oblique plural limers, nominative singular limers, nominative plural limer)

1. limer (hound)

Descendants

• English: limer

References

• “limer”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.

Swedish

Noun

limer

1. indefinite plural of lime