mimer

English

Etymology

From mime +‎ -er.

Noun

mimer (plural mimers)

1. Someone who mimes during a performance of a song

French

Etymology

From mime +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.me/

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Verb

mimer

1. to mime
2. to mimic

Conjugation

Conjugation of mimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	mimer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	mimant /mi.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		mimé /mi.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mime /mim/	mimes /mim/	mime /mim/	mimons /mi.mɔ̃/	mimez /mi.me/	miment /mim/
	imperfect	mimais /mi.mɛ/	mimais /mi.mɛ/	mimait /mi.mɛ/	mimions /mi.mjɔ̃/	mimiez /mi.mje/	mimaient /mi.mɛ/
	past historic2	mimai /mi.me/	mimas /mi.ma/	mima /mi.ma/	mimâmes /mi.mam/	mimâtes /mi.mat/	mimèrent /mi.mɛʁ/
	future	mimerai /mim.ʁe/	mimeras /mim.ʁa/	mimera /mim.ʁa/	mimerons /mim.ʁɔ̃/	mimerez /mim.ʁe/	mimeront /mim.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	mimerais /mim.ʁɛ/	mimerais /mim.ʁɛ/	mimerait /mim.ʁɛ/	mimerions /mi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	mimeriez /mi.mə.ʁje/	mimeraient /mim.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	mime /mim/	mimes /mim/	mime /mim/	mimions /mi.mjɔ̃/	mimiez /mi.mje/	miment /mim/
	imperfect2	mimasse /mi.mas/	mimasses /mi.mas/	mimât /mi.ma/	mimassions /mi.ma.sjɔ̃/	mimassiez /mi.ma.sje/	mimassent /mi.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mime /mim/	—	mimons /mi.mɔ̃/	mimez /mi.me/	—
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).

Related terms

• mimétisme
• mimique

Descendants

• → Italian: mimare

Further reading

• “mimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

mimer

1. indefinite plural of mim