abîmer

See also: abimer

French

Alternative forms
  • abimer (1990 spelling reform)
  • abymer (archaic)

Etymology

From abime, abîme, from Late Latin *abyssimus < Latin abyssus (“abyss”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless pit”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.bi.me/
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Verb

abîmer

  1. to damage.
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, formal) To fall down or sink and disappear in a hole, depth, abyss.
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, formal) To become absorbed in something (thought, action...).
  4. (rare or archaic) To throw down in a hole, depth etc.

Conjugation
Conjugation of abîmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle abîmant
/a.bi.mɑ̃/
past participle abîmé
/a.bi.me/
infinitive
simple abîmer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple abîmant
/a.bi.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present abîme
/a.bim/		 abîmes
/a.bim/		 abîme
/a.bim/		 abîmons
/a.bi.mɔ̃/		 abîmez
/a.bi.me/		 abîment
/a.bim/
imperfect abîmais
/a.bi.mɛ/		 abîmais
/a.bi.mɛ/		 abîmait
/a.bi.mɛ/		 abîmions
/a.bi.mjɔ̃/		 abîmiez
/a.bi.mje/		 abîmaient
/a.bi.mɛ/
past historic2 abîmai
/a.bi.me/		 abîmas
/a.bi.ma/		 abîma
/a.bi.ma/		 abîmâmes
/a.bi.mam/		 abîmâtes
/a.bi.mat/		 abîmèrent
/a.bi.mɛʁ/
future abîmerai
/a.bim.ʁe/		 abîmeras
/a.bim.ʁa/		 abîmera
/a.bim.ʁa/		 abîmerons
/a.bim.ʁɔ̃/		 abîmerez
/a.bim.ʁe/		 abîmeront
/a.bim.ʁɔ̃/
conditional abîmerais
/a.bim.ʁɛ/		 abîmerais
/a.bim.ʁɛ/		 abîmerait
/a.bim.ʁɛ/		 abîmerions
/a.bi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 abîmeriez
/a.bi.mə.ʁje/		 abîmeraient
/a.bim.ʁɛ/
(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 abîme
/a.bim/		 abîmes
/a.bim/		 abîme
/a.bim/		 abîmions
/a.bi.mjɔ̃/		 abîmiez
/a.bi.mje/		 abîment
/a.bim/
imperfect2 abîmasse
/a.bi.mas/		 abîmasses
/a.bi.mas/		 abîmât
/a.bi.ma/		 abîmassions
/a.bi.ma.sjɔ̃/		 abîmassiez
/a.bi.ma.sje/		 abîmassent
/a.bi.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abîme
/a.bim/		 — abîmons
/a.bi.mɔ̃/		 abîmez
/a.bi.me/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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