different between rimer vs limer

English

Etymology

rime +? -er

Noun

rimer (plural rimers)

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

French

Etymology

From Old French rimer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.me/

Verb

rimer

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ne rimer à rien
• rimer comme hallebarde et miséricorde

Related terms

• rimailler
• rime
• rimeur

Further reading

• “rimer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mirer

Latin

Verb

r?mer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of r?mor

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.

Descendants

• French: rimer

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?la?m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?la?m??/
• Rhymes: -a?m?(?)

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman limer (Old French liemier, French limier), from Old French liem (“leash”).

Alternative forms

• lymer
• limier

Noun

limer (plural limers)

1. (obsolete) A kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.

Etymology 2

lime +? -er.

Noun

limer (plural limers)

1. Someone who limes; someone who uses bird-lime or who limewashes.

Etymology 3

Origin unknown.

Noun

limer (plural limers)

1. (Caribbean) Someone who hangs around the streets; someone hanging out.

Derived terms

• lime

Anagrams

• Ilmer, Imler, Miler, Rimel, miler

French

Etymology

lime +? -er or from Latin lim?re, present active infinitive of lim?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.me/

Verb

limer

1. file (to smooth with a file)
2. (vulgar, France) to fuck, shag, pound

Conjugation

Further reading

• “limer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?li?.mer/, [?li?m?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.mer/, [?li?m?r]

Verb

l?mer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of l?m?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

limer m

1. indefinite plural of lime

Verb

limer

1. present of lime

Old French

Noun

limer m (oblique plural limers, nominative singular limers, nominative plural limer)

1. limer (hound)

Descendants

• English: limer

References

• limer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub