mimer
English
Etymology
Noun
mimer (plural mimers)
- Someone who mimes during a performance of a song
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
mimer
Conjugation
Conjugation of mimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | mimer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | mimant /mi.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | mimé /mi.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | mime /mim/ |
mimes /mim/ |
mime /mim/ |
mimons /mi.mɔ̃/ |
mimez /mi.me/ |
miment /mim/ |
| imperfect | mimais /mi.mɛ/ |
mimais /mi.mɛ/ |
mimait /mi.mɛ/ |
mimions /mi.mjɔ̃/ |
mimiez /mi.mje/ |
mimaient /mi.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mimai /mi.me/ |
mimas /mi.ma/ |
mima /mi.ma/ |
mimâmes /mi.mam/ |
mimâtes /mi.mat/ |
mimèrent /mi.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | mimerai /mim.ʁe/ |
mimeras /mim.ʁa/ |
mimera /mim.ʁa/ |
mimerons /mim.ʁɔ̃/ |
mimerez /mim.ʁe/ |
mimeront /mim.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mimerais /mim.ʁɛ/ |
mimerais /mim.ʁɛ/ |
mimerait /mim.ʁɛ/ |
mimerions /mi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mimeriez /mi.mə.ʁje/ |
mimeraient /mim.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 | mime /mim/ |
mimes /mim/ |
mime /mim/ |
mimions /mi.mjɔ̃/ |
mimiez /mi.mje/ |
miment /mim/ |
| imperfect2 | mimasse /mi.mas/ |
mimasses /mi.mas/ |
mimât /mi.ma/ |
mimassions /mi.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
mimassiez /mi.ma.sje/ |
mimassent /mi.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mime /mim/ |
— | mimons /mi.mɔ̃/ |
mimez /mi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Descendants
- → Italian: mimare
Further reading
- “mimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.