aimé
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.me/, /e.me/
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Participle
aimé (feminine aimée, masculine plural aimés, feminine plural aimées)
- past participle of aimer
Etymology 2
Euphonic alteration of aime in presubject position.
Alternative forms
- aimè (post-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.me/, /e.me/, /ɛ.mɛ/, /e.mɛ/
Verb
aimé
- presubject first-person singular present indicative of aimer
- L’aimé-je ? ― Do I love him/her/it?
- presubject first-person singular present subjunctive of aimer
- 1868, Les Bucoliques, translation of original by Virgil:
- Ne m’eût-il pas été moins dur de supporter les tristes colères et les superbes dédains d’Amaryllis ? Que n’aimé-je Ménalque, quoiqu’il soit brun, quoique tu sois blanc ?
- Had it not been better to have borne the rueful anger and proud disdain of Amaryllis? to endure Menalcas though he be black, though thou be fair?
Usage notes
- Presubject form of aime (first-person singular).
Further reading
- “aimé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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