admirer

English

Etymology

admire +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ədˈmaɪ.ɹə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ædˈmaɪɚ.ɹɚ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪəɹə(ɹ)

Noun

admirer (plural admirers)

  1. One who admires.
  2. One who is romantically attracted to someone.
    Although he has a number of admirers, he prefers to remain single.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French admirer, relatinized spelling of older amirer (14th c.), borrowed from Latin admīrārī. The restored ⟨d⟩ was silent at first, but came to be pronounced since at least the 18th century.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ad.mi.ʁe/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

admirer

  1. to admire

Conjugation
Conjugation of admirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple admirer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple admirant
/ad.mi.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle admiré
/ad.mi.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present admire
/ad.miʁ/		 admires
/ad.miʁ/		 admire
/ad.miʁ/		 admirons
/ad.mi.ʁɔ̃/		 admirez
/ad.mi.ʁe/		 admirent
/ad.miʁ/
imperfect admirais
/ad.mi.ʁɛ/		 admirais
/ad.mi.ʁɛ/		 admirait
/ad.mi.ʁɛ/		 admirions
/ad.mi.ʁjɔ̃/		 admiriez
/ad.mi.ʁje/		 admiraient
/ad.mi.ʁɛ/
past historic2 admirai
/ad.mi.ʁe/		 admiras
/ad.mi.ʁa/		 admira
/ad.mi.ʁa/		 admirâmes
/ad.mi.ʁam/		 admirâtes
/ad.mi.ʁat/		 admirèrent
/ad.mi.ʁɛʁ/
future admirerai
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁe/		 admireras
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁa/		 admirera
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁa/		 admirerons
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 admirerez
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁe/		 admireront
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional admirerais
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 admirerais
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 admirerait
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 admirerions
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 admireriez
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁje/		 admireraient
/ad.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 admire
/ad.miʁ/		 admires
/ad.miʁ/		 admire
/ad.miʁ/		 admirions
/ad.mi.ʁjɔ̃/		 admiriez
/ad.mi.ʁje/		 admirent
/ad.miʁ/
imperfect2 admirasse
/ad.mi.ʁas/		 admirasses
/ad.mi.ʁas/		 admirât
/ad.mi.ʁa/		 admirassions
/ad.mi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 admirassiez
/ad.mi.ʁa.sje/		 admirassent
/ad.mi.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — admire
/ad.miʁ/		 — admirons
/ad.mi.ʁɔ̃/		 admirez
/ad.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).

Descendants
  • → Franco-Provençal: admirar

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Latin

Verb

admīrer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of admīror
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