grimer

French

Etymology

From Middle French grime (“mask”) +‎ -er, from Old French grime, from Frankish *grīmo, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁi.me/
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Verb

grimer

  1. to make up, to paint (apply make up or face paint to)
  2. to make (someone's face) look older

Conjugation
Conjugation of grimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple grimer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple grimant
/ɡʁi.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle grimé
/ɡʁi.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present grime
/ɡʁim/		 grimes
/ɡʁim/		 grime
/ɡʁim/		 grimons
/ɡʁi.mɔ̃/		 grimez
/ɡʁi.me/		 griment
/ɡʁim/
imperfect grimais
/ɡʁi.mɛ/		 grimais
/ɡʁi.mɛ/		 grimait
/ɡʁi.mɛ/		 grimions
/ɡʁi.mjɔ̃/		 grimiez
/ɡʁi.mje/		 grimaient
/ɡʁi.mɛ/
past historic2 grimai
/ɡʁi.me/		 grimas
/ɡʁi.ma/		 grima
/ɡʁi.ma/		 grimâmes
/ɡʁi.mam/		 grimâtes
/ɡʁi.mat/		 grimèrent
/ɡʁi.mɛʁ/
future grimerai
/ɡʁim.ʁe/		 grimeras
/ɡʁim.ʁa/		 grimera
/ɡʁim.ʁa/		 grimerons
/ɡʁim.ʁɔ̃/		 grimerez
/ɡʁim.ʁe/		 grimeront
/ɡʁim.ʁɔ̃/
conditional grimerais
/ɡʁim.ʁɛ/		 grimerais
/ɡʁim.ʁɛ/		 grimerait
/ɡʁim.ʁɛ/		 grimerions
/ɡʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 grimeriez
/ɡʁi.mə.ʁje/		 grimeraient
/ɡʁim.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 grime
/ɡʁim/		 grimes
/ɡʁim/		 grime
/ɡʁim/		 grimions
/ɡʁi.mjɔ̃/		 grimiez
/ɡʁi.mje/		 griment
/ɡʁim/
imperfect2 grimasse
/ɡʁi.mas/		 grimasses
/ɡʁi.mas/		 grimât
/ɡʁi.ma/		 grimassions
/ɡʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/		 grimassiez
/ɡʁi.ma.sje/		 grimassent
/ɡʁi.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — grime
/ɡʁim/		 — grimons
/ɡʁi.mɔ̃/		 grimez
/ɡʁi.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:
  • 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).

Further reading

Romanian

Noun

grimer m (plural grimeri)

  1. Alternative form of grimeur
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