nimber

English

Etymology

Blend of nim +‎ number

Noun

nimber (plural nimbers)

  1. Any of a set of number-like objects used in combinatorial game theory, equivalent to the values of heaps in the game of nim.

Synonyms

French
FWOTD – 9 June 2014

Etymology

From nimbe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɛ̃.be/
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Verb

nimber

  1. (transitive) to surround with a halo or nimbus
    • 1976, Bernard Clavel, La saison des loups, 1985, page 105
      Le ciel était clair et la lune à peine nimbée
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation
Conjugation of nimber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple nimber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple nimbant
/nɛ̃.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle nimbé
/nɛ̃.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present nimbe
/nɛ̃b/		 nimbes
/nɛ̃b/		 nimbe
/nɛ̃b/		 nimbons
/nɛ̃.bɔ̃/		 nimbez
/nɛ̃.be/		 nimbent
/nɛ̃b/
imperfect nimbais
/nɛ̃.bɛ/		 nimbais
/nɛ̃.bɛ/		 nimbait
/nɛ̃.bɛ/		 nimbions
/nɛ̃.bjɔ̃/		 nimbiez
/nɛ̃.bje/		 nimbaient
/nɛ̃.bɛ/
past historic2 nimbai
/nɛ̃.be/		 nimbas
/nɛ̃.ba/		 nimba
/nɛ̃.ba/		 nimbâmes
/nɛ̃.bam/		 nimbâtes
/nɛ̃.bat/		 nimbèrent
/nɛ̃.bɛʁ/
future nimberai
/nɛ̃.bʁe/		 nimberas
/nɛ̃.bʁa/		 nimbera
/nɛ̃.bʁa/		 nimberons
/nɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/		 nimberez
/nɛ̃.bʁe/		 nimberont
/nɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/
conditional nimberais
/nɛ̃.bʁɛ/		 nimberais
/nɛ̃.bʁɛ/		 nimberait
/nɛ̃.bʁɛ/		 nimberions
/nɛ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/		 nimberiez
/nɛ̃.bə.ʁje/		 nimberaient
/nɛ̃.bʁɛ/
(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 nimbe
/nɛ̃b/		 nimbes
/nɛ̃b/		 nimbe
/nɛ̃b/		 nimbions
/nɛ̃.bjɔ̃/		 nimbiez
/nɛ̃.bje/		 nimbent
/nɛ̃b/
imperfect2 nimbasse
/nɛ̃.bas/		 nimbasses
/nɛ̃.bas/		 nimbât
/nɛ̃.ba/		 nimbassions
/nɛ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/		 nimbassiez
/nɛ̃.ba.sje/		 nimbassent
/nɛ̃.bas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — nimbe
/nɛ̃b/		 — nimbons
/nɛ̃.bɔ̃/		 nimbez
/nɛ̃.be/		 —
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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