rimer

See also: Rimer

English

Etymology

From rime +‎ -er.

Noun

rimer (plural rimers)

  1. A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.
  2. (obsolete) A rhymer; a versifier.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rimer.

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

rimer

  1. (intransitive) to rhyme (of two words, whose final syllables are the same)
  2. (intransitive) to rhyme (to make rhymes)

Conjugation
Conjugation of rimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rimer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rimant
/ʁi.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rimé
/ʁi.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present rime
/ʁim/		 rimes
/ʁim/		 rime
/ʁim/		 rimons
/ʁi.mɔ̃/		 rimez
/ʁi.me/		 riment
/ʁim/
imperfect rimais
/ʁi.mɛ/		 rimais
/ʁi.mɛ/		 rimait
/ʁi.mɛ/		 rimions
/ʁi.mjɔ̃/		 rimiez
/ʁi.mje/		 rimaient
/ʁi.mɛ/
past historic2 rimai
/ʁi.me/		 rimas
/ʁi.ma/		 rima
/ʁi.ma/		 rimâmes
/ʁi.mam/		 rimâtes
/ʁi.mat/		 rimèrent
/ʁi.mɛʁ/
future rimerai
/ʁim.ʁe/		 rimeras
/ʁim.ʁa/		 rimera
/ʁim.ʁa/		 rimerons
/ʁim.ʁɔ̃/		 rimerez
/ʁim.ʁe/		 rimeront
/ʁim.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rimerais
/ʁim.ʁɛ/		 rimerais
/ʁim.ʁɛ/		 rimerait
/ʁim.ʁɛ/		 rimerions
/ʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 rimeriez
/ʁi.mə.ʁje/		 rimeraient
/ʁim.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 rime
/ʁim/		 rimes
/ʁim/		 rime
/ʁim/		 rimions
/ʁi.mjɔ̃/		 rimiez
/ʁi.mje/		 riment
/ʁim/
imperfect2 rimasse
/ʁi.mas/		 rimasses
/ʁi.mas/		 rimât
/ʁi.ma/		 rimassions
/ʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/		 rimassiez
/ʁi.ma.sje/		 rimassent
/ʁi.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rime
/ʁim/		 — rimons
/ʁi.mɔ̃/		 rimez
/ʁi.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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Latin

Verb

rīmer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of rīmor

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rimer

  1. present of rime

Old French

Etymology

rime (“tale”) +‎ -er

Verb

rimer

  1. to recount a tale, especially by rhyming

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of rimer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive rimer avoir rimé
gerund en rimant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle rimant
past participle rimé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present rim rimes rime rimons rimez riment
imperfect rimoie, rimeie, rimoe, rimeve rimoies, rimeies, rimoes, rimeves rimoit, rimeit, rimot, rimeve rimiiens, rimiens rimiiez, rimiez rimoient, rimeient, rimoent, rimevent
preterite rimai rimas rima rimames rimastes rimerent
future rimerai rimeras rimera rimerons rimeroiz, rimereiz, rimerez rimeront
conditional rimeroie, rimereie rimeroies, rimereies rimeroit, rimereit rimeriiens, rimeriens rimeriiez, rimeriez rimeroient, rimereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present rim rins rint rimons rimez riment
imperfect rimasse rimasses rimast rimissons, rimissiens rimissoiz, rimissez, rimissiez rimassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— rime — rimons rimez —

Descendants
  • French: rimer
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