mirer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mirer, from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”). Compare Spanish mirar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ʁe/

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Verb

mirer

1. (literary or dated) to watch intensely, to stare
2. (reflexive) to reflect
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     La nef se mirait dans les bénitiers pleins, avec le commencement des ogives et quelques portions de vitrail.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	mirer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	mirant /mi.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		miré /mi.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mire /miʁ/	mires /miʁ/	mire /miʁ/	mirons /mi.ʁɔ̃/	mirez /mi.ʁe/	mirent /miʁ/
	imperfect	mirais /mi.ʁɛ/	mirais /mi.ʁɛ/	mirait /mi.ʁɛ/	mirions /mi.ʁjɔ̃/	miriez /mi.ʁje/	miraient /mi.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	mirai /mi.ʁe/	miras /mi.ʁa/	mira /mi.ʁa/	mirâmes /mi.ʁam/	mirâtes /mi.ʁat/	mirèrent /mi.ʁɛʁ/
	future	mirerai /mi.ʁə.ʁe/	mireras /mi.ʁə.ʁa/	mirera /mi.ʁə.ʁa/	mirerons /mi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	mirerez /mi.ʁə.ʁe/	mireront /mi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	mirerais /mi.ʁə.ʁɛ/	mirerais /mi.ʁə.ʁɛ/	mirerait /mi.ʁə.ʁɛ/	mirerions /mi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	mireriez /mi.ʁə.ʁje/	mireraient /mi.ʁə.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	mire /miʁ/	mires /miʁ/	mire /miʁ/	mirions /mi.ʁjɔ̃/	miriez /mi.ʁje/	mirent /miʁ/
	imperfect2	mirasse /mi.ʁas/	mirasses /mi.ʁas/	mirât /mi.ʁa/	mirassions /mi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	mirassiez /mi.ʁa.sje/	mirassent /mi.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mire /miʁ/	—	mirons /mi.ʁɔ̃/	mirez /mi.ʁe/	—
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

• mirage

Related terms

• miroir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rimer

Ladin

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”).

Verb

mirer

1. to aim
2. to admire

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of mirer (first conjugation)

infinitive	mirer, miré
auxiliary verb	avei		gerund		miran
past participle	miré
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	ie	tu	el / ela	nos	vos	ei / eles
present	mire, mireie	mires, mireies	mira, mireia, mirea	miron	mireis	mira, mireia
imperfect	mirove	miroves	mirova	mirovan	mirovais	mirova
future	miraré	miraras	mirarà	miraron	mirareis	mirarà
subjunctive	che ie	che tu	che el / ela	che nos	che vos	che ei / eles
present	mire, mireie	mires, mireies	mire, mireie	miron	mireis	mire
imperfect	mirasse	mirasses	mirassa	mirassan	mirassais	mirassa
imperative	–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
	—	mira, mireia	—	miron	mirede	—

Latin

Verb

mīrer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of mīror

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīrārī (“marvel at”). Compare Spanish mirar.

Verb

mirer

1. to look at; to watch

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		mirer			avoir miré
gerund		en mirant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		mirant
past participle		miré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mir	mires	mire	mirons	mirez	mirent
	imperfect	miroie, mireie, miroe, mireve	miroies, mireies, miroes, mireves	miroit, mireit, mirot, mireve	miriiens, miriens	miriiez, miriez	miroient, mireient, miroent, mirevent
	preterite	mirai	miras	mira	mirames	mirastes	mirerent
	future	mirerai	mireras	mirera	mirerons	mireroiz, mirereiz, mirerez	mireront
	conditional	mireroie, mirereie	mireroies, mirereies	mireroit, mirereit	mireriiens, mireriens	mireriiez, mireriez	mireroient, mirereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	mir	mirs	mirt	mirons	mirez	mirent
	imperfect	mirasse	mirasses	mirast	mirissons, mirissiens	mirissoiz, mirissez, mirissiez	mirassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	mire	—	mirons	mirez	—

Synonyms

• esguarder
• reguarder
• espier

Derived terms

• mireor (“mirror”) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• French: mirer