# estimer
## French
### Alternative forms

* æstimer (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French estimer, inherited from Old French estimer, learned borrowing from Latin aestimāre.
Replaced inherited Old French esmer that had become homonymous with aimer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛs.ti.me/
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### Verb

estimer
* (transitive) to estimate, to calculate roughly
* (transitive) to esteem, to hold in high regard
* (transitive) to give some thought to, to consider
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

#### Descendants

* → Norwegian Bokmål: estimere

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* ermites, meistre, mérites, métiers, remîtes

## Middle French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French estimer, borrowed from Latin aestimō, from Old Latin aestumō. Replaced inherited Old French esmer.

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

estimer
* to think; to consider; to have the opinion (that)
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#### Conjugation

* Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

#### Derived terms

* estimable

#### Descendants

* French: estimer, æstimer (obsolete)
** → Norwegian Bokmål: estimere
* → English: esteem

### References

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

estimer
* imperative of estimere
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## Old French
### Alternative forms

* esmer (inherited)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aestimāre from the end of the 13th to the early 14th c.

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

estimer
* to think; to consider; to have the opinion (that)
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

#### 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.

#### Descendants

* Middle French: estimer
** French: estimer, æstimer (obsolete)
*** → Norwegian Bokmål: estimere
** → English: esteem

### Further reading

* “estimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (estimer)
* estimer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub