admirer

English

Etymology

admire +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ədˈmaɪ.ɹə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ædˈmaɪɚ.ɹɚ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪəɹə(ɹ)

Noun

admirer (plural admirers)

  1. One who admires.
  2. One who is romantically attracted to someone.
    Although he has a number of admirers, he prefers to remain single.

Derived terms

Translations

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admīrārī.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ad.mi.ʁe/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

admirer

  1. to admire

Conjugation
Conjugation of admirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple admirer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple admirant
/ad.mi.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle admiré
/ad.mi.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present admire
/ad.miʁ/		 admires
/ad.miʁ/		 admire
/ad.miʁ/		 admirons
/ad.mi.ʁɔ̃/		 admirez
/ad.mi.ʁe/		 admirent
/ad.miʁ/
imperfect admirais
/ad.mi.ʁɛ/		 admirais
/ad.mi.ʁɛ/		 admirait
/ad.mi.ʁɛ/		 admirions
/ad.mi.ʁjɔ̃/		 admiriez
/ad.mi.ʁje/		 admiraient
/ad.mi.ʁɛ/
past historic2 admirai
/ad.mi.ʁe/		 admiras
/ad.mi.ʁa/		 admira
/ad.mi.ʁa/		 admirâmes
/ad.mi.ʁam/		 admirâtes
/ad.mi.ʁat/		 admirèrent
/ad.mi.ʁɛʁ/
future admirerai
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁe/		 admireras
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁa/		 admirera
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁa/		 admirerons
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 admirerez
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁe/		 admireront
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional admirerais
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 admirerais
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 admirerait
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 admirerions
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 admireriez
/ad.mi.ʁə.ʁje/		 admireraient
/ad.mi.ʁə.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 admire
/ad.miʁ/		 admires
/ad.miʁ/		 admire
/ad.miʁ/		 admirions
/ad.mi.ʁjɔ̃/		 admiriez
/ad.mi.ʁje/		 admirent
/ad.miʁ/
imperfect2 admirasse
/ad.mi.ʁas/		 admirasses
/ad.mi.ʁas/		 admirât
/ad.mi.ʁa/		 admirassions
/ad.mi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 admirassiez
/ad.mi.ʁa.sje/		 admirassent
/ad.mi.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — admire
/ad.miʁ/		 — admirons
/ad.mi.ʁɔ̃/		 admirez
/ad.mi.ʁe/		 —
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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Latin

Verb

admīrer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of admīror
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