# aimer
## English
### Etymology

From aim +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈeɪmə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈeɪmɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

aimer (plural aimers)
* One who aims; one who is responsible for aiming.
** 2009 April 4, Steve Holland, “Ron 'Nobby' Clark”, in The Guardian‎:After joining the RAF, he trained as a bomb aimer in Oxfords, Ansons and Wellingtons before joining a squadron of Lancasters.

### Anagrams

* Maire, Marie, Miera, armie, ramie, reaim, rimae

## French
### Etymology

From the conjugated forms of Old French amer, from Latin amāre (“to love”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ.me/ ~ /e.me/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Rhymes: -e
* Homophones: aimai, aimé, aimée, aimées, aimés, aimez

### Verb

aimer
* to love (usually of a person, otherwise the meaning is closer to like)
    Donne-moi une raison de t’aimer.Give me a reason to like you.
    J’aime cet homme-ci plus que tout au monde.I love this man more than anything in the world.
* to like (often with bien)
    Il aime bien danser. ― He likes dancing.

#### Derived terms

* je t’aime
* je vous aime
* qui aime bien châtie bien
* qui m’aime me suive

#### Related terms

* amateur
* ami, amie
* amour

#### Descendants

* Saint Dominican Creole French: haimé

### Further reading

* “aimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* maire
* marie, Marie, marié

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French amer.

### Verb

aimer
* (transitive) to love
** 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 515:Si l'houme aïme autre mûx que sé au moulin i' mourra de set.If a man loves others more than himself, he will die of thirst even were he in a mill.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | aimier | aimier | aimier | aimier | aimier |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | aimant | aimant | aimant | aimant | aimant |
| auxiliary | auxiliary | auxiliary | aveir$^1$ | aveir$^1$ | aveir$^1$ | aveir$^1$ | aveir$^1$ |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | aimié | aimié | aimie | aimie |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | aimiés | aimiés | aimies | aimies |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | je (j') | tu (t') | il, alle, nos | je (nos) | vos | il, alles |
| indicative | present | aime | aimes | aime | aimoms | aimiez | aiment |
| indicative | imperfect | aimeis | aimeis | aimeit | aimioms | aimiez | aimeient |
| indicative | preterite | aimis | aimis | aimit | aimîmes | aimîtes | aimîtrent |
| indicative | future | aimerai | aimeras | aimera | aimeroms | aimerez | aimeront |
| indicative | conditional | aimereis | aimereis | aimereit | aimerioms | aimeriez | aimereient |
| subjunctive | | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il, qu'alle, que nos | que je (que nos) | que vos | qu'il, qu'alles |
| subjunctive | present | aime | aimes | aime | aimioms | aimiez | aiment |
| subjunctive | imperfect | aimisse | aimisse | aimît aimisse | aimissioms | aimissiez | aimissent |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | je (nos) | vos | — |
| imperative | imperative | | aime | | aimoms | aimiez | |
| $^1$Used with past participles. ||||||||

#### Antonyms

* haïr (“to hate”)
* haguir (“to hate”)

## Old French
### Verb

aimer
* Alternative form of amer

#### 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.