limer

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlʌɪmə/
  • (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

Noun

limer (plural limers)

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

Etymology 2

lime +‎ -er.

Noun

limer (plural limers)

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

Etymology 3

Origin unknown.

Noun

limer (plural limers)

  1. (West Indies) Someone who hangs around the streets; someone hanging out.
Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Etymology

lime +‎ -er or from Latin limāre, present active infinitive of limō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /li.me/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

limer

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

Conjugation
Conjugation of limer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle limant
/li.mɑ̃/
past participle limé
/li.me/
infinitive
simple limer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple limant
/li.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with 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).

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.mer/, [ˈliː.mɛr]

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

  1. limer (hound)

Descendants

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.