rimer

See also: Rimer

English

Etymology

rime +‎ -er

Noun

rimer (plural rimers)

1. A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.
2. (obsolete) A rhymer; a versifier.

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French

Etymology

From Old French rimer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.me/

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Verb

rimer

1. (intransitive) to rhyme (of two words, whose final syllables are the same)
2. (intransitive) to rhyme (to make rhymes)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rimer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rimant /ʁi.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rimé /ʁi.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rime /ʁim/	rimes /ʁim/	rime /ʁim/	rimons /ʁi.mɔ̃/	rimez /ʁi.me/	riment /ʁim/
	imperfect	rimais /ʁi.mɛ/	rimais /ʁi.mɛ/	rimait /ʁi.mɛ/	rimions /ʁi.mjɔ̃/	rimiez /ʁi.mje/	rimaient /ʁi.mɛ/
	past historic2	rimai /ʁi.me/	rimas /ʁi.ma/	rima /ʁi.ma/	rimâmes /ʁi.mam/	rimâtes /ʁi.mat/	rimèrent /ʁi.mɛʁ/
	future	rimerai /ʁim.ʁe/	rimeras /ʁim.ʁa/	rimera /ʁim.ʁa/	rimerons /ʁim.ʁɔ̃/	rimerez /ʁim.ʁe/	rimeront /ʁim.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rimerais /ʁim.ʁɛ/	rimerais /ʁim.ʁɛ/	rimerait /ʁim.ʁɛ/	rimerions /ʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	rimeriez /ʁi.mə.ʁje/	rimeraient /ʁim.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	rime /ʁim/	rimes /ʁim/	rime /ʁim/	rimions /ʁi.mjɔ̃/	rimiez /ʁi.mje/	riment /ʁim/
	imperfect2	rimasse /ʁi.mas/	rimasses /ʁi.mas/	rimât /ʁi.ma/	rimassions /ʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/	rimassiez /ʁi.ma.sje/	rimassent /ʁi.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rime /ʁim/	—	rimons /ʁi.mɔ̃/	rimez /ʁi.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, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• ne rimer à rien
• rimer comme hallebarde et miséricorde

Related terms

• rimailler
• rime
• rimeur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• mirer

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Latin

Verb

rīmer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of rīmor

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rimer

1. present of rime

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Old French

Etymology

rime (“tale”) +‎ -er

Verb

rimer

1. to recount a tale, especially by rhyming
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, De l'Estat du Monde:

     Rimer vueil du monde divers.

     I want to rhyme about the whole world

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		rimer			avoir rimé
gerund		en rimant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		rimant
past participle		rimé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	rim	rimes	rime	rimons	rimez	riment
	imperfect	rimoie, rimeie, rimoe, rimeve	rimoies, rimeies, rimoes, rimeves	rimoit, rimeit, rimot, rimeve	rimiiens, rimiens	rimiiez, rimiez	rimoient, rimeient, rimoent, rimevent
	preterite	rimai	rimas	rima	rimames	rimastes	rimerent
	future	rimerai	rimeras	rimera	rimerons	rimeroiz, rimereiz, rimerez	rimeront
	conditional	rimeroie, rimereie	rimeroies, rimereies	rimeroit, rimereit	rimeriiens, rimeriens	rimeriiez, rimeriez	rimeroient, rimereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	rim	rins	rint	rimons	rimez	riment
	imperfect	rimasse	rimasses	rimast	rimissons, rimissiens	rimissoiz, rimissez, rimissiez	rimassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	rime	—	rimons	rimez	—

Descendants

• French: rimer