limer

See also: limêr

English

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

Unknown.

Noun

limer (plural limers)

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From lime +‎ -er or from Latin līmāre.

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

limer

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

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

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

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

  1. limer (hound)

Descendants
  • English: limer

References

Swedish

Noun

limer

  1. indefinite plural of lime
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