pâmer

See also: pamer

French

Etymology

From Latin spasmare, from spasmus (“spasm”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pa.me/, /pɑ.me/
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Verb

pâmer

  1. (reflexive, literary, dated) to swoon
  2. (reflexive, colloquial) to be in raptures (devant over something)
    Il s’est pâmé devant la nouvelle maison. ― He was ecstatic about the new house.
  3. (reflexive, colloquial) to be overcome (de with)
    Je me suis pâmé de rire. ― I was in fits of laughter.

Conjugation
Conjugation of pâmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pâmer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pâmant
/pa.mɑ̃/ or /pɑ.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pâmé
/pa.me/ or /pɑ.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pâme
/pam/ or /pɑm/		 pâmes
/pam/ or /pɑm/		 pâme
/pam/ or /pɑm/		 pâmons
/pa.mɔ̃/ or /pɑ.mɔ̃/		 pâmez
/pa.me/ or /pɑ.me/		 pâment
/pam/ or /pɑm/
imperfect pâmais
/pa.mɛ/ or /pɑ.mɛ/		 pâmais
/pa.mɛ/ or /pɑ.mɛ/		 pâmait
/pa.mɛ/ or /pɑ.mɛ/		 pâmions
/pa.mjɔ̃/ or /pɑ.mjɔ̃/		 pâmiez
/pa.mje/ or /pɑ.mje/		 pâmaient
/pa.mɛ/ or /pɑ.mɛ/
past historic2 pâmai
/pa.me/ or /pɑ.me/		 pâmas
/pa.ma/ or /pɑ.ma/		 pâma
/pa.ma/ or /pɑ.ma/		 pâmâmes
/pa.mam/ or /pɑ.mam/		 pâmâtes
/pa.mat/ or /pɑ.mat/		 pâmèrent
/pa.mɛʁ/ or /pɑ.mɛʁ/
future pâmerai
/pam.ʁe/ or /pɑm.ʁe/		 pâmeras
/pam.ʁa/ or /pɑm.ʁa/		 pâmera
/pam.ʁa/ or /pɑm.ʁa/		 pâmerons
/pam.ʁɔ̃/ or /pɑm.ʁɔ̃/		 pâmerez
/pam.ʁe/ or /pɑm.ʁe/		 pâmeront
/pam.ʁɔ̃/ or /pɑm.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pâmerais
/pam.ʁɛ/ or /pɑm.ʁɛ/		 pâmerais
/pam.ʁɛ/ or /pɑm.ʁɛ/		 pâmerait
/pam.ʁɛ/ or /pɑm.ʁɛ/		 pâmerions
/pa.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pɑ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 pâmeriez
/pa.mə.ʁje/ or /pɑ.mə.ʁje/		 pâmeraient
/pam.ʁɛ/ or /pɑm.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 pâme
/pam/ or /pɑm/		 pâmes
/pam/ or /pɑm/		 pâme
/pam/ or /pɑm/		 pâmions
/pa.mjɔ̃/ or /pɑ.mjɔ̃/		 pâmiez
/pa.mje/ or /pɑ.mje/		 pâment
/pam/ or /pɑm/
imperfect2 pâmasse
/pa.mas/ or /pɑ.mas/		 pâmasses
/pa.mas/ or /pɑ.mas/		 pâmât
/pa.ma/ or /pɑ.ma/		 pâmassions
/pa.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /pɑ.ma.sjɔ̃/		 pâmassiez
/pa.ma.sje/ or /pɑ.ma.sje/		 pâmassent
/pa.mas/ or /pɑ.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pâme
/pam/ or /pɑm/		 — pâmons
/pa.mɔ̃/ or /pɑ.mɔ̃/		 pâmez
/pa.me/ or /pɑ.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).

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