grimer

French

Etymology

From Middle French grime (“mask”) ‎ -er, from Old French grime, from Frankish *grīmo, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.me/

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Verb

grimer

1. to make up, to paint (apply make up or face paint to)
2. to make (someone's face) look older

Conjugation

Conjugation of grimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grimer
	compound	avoir past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	grimant /ɡʁi.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		grimé /ɡʁi.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	grime /ɡʁim/	grimes /ɡʁim/	grime /ɡʁim/	grimons /ɡʁi.mɔ̃/	grimez /ɡʁi.me/	griment /ɡʁim/
	imperfect	grimais /ɡʁi.mɛ/	grimais /ɡʁi.mɛ/	grimait /ɡʁi.mɛ/	grimions /ɡʁi.mjɔ̃/	grimiez /ɡʁi.mje/	grimaient /ɡʁi.mɛ/
	past historic2	grimai /ɡʁi.me/	grimas /ɡʁi.ma/	grima /ɡʁi.ma/	grimâmes /ɡʁi.mam/	grimâtes /ɡʁi.mat/	grimèrent /ɡʁi.mɛʁ/
	future	grimerai /ɡʁim.ʁe/	grimeras /ɡʁim.ʁa/	grimera /ɡʁim.ʁa/	grimerons /ɡʁim.ʁɔ̃/	grimerez /ɡʁim.ʁe/	grimeront /ɡʁim.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grimerais /ɡʁim.ʁɛ/	grimerais /ɡʁim.ʁɛ/	grimerait /ɡʁim.ʁɛ/	grimerions /ɡʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	grimeriez /ɡʁi.mə.ʁje/	grimeraient /ɡʁim.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	grime /ɡʁim/	grimes /ɡʁim/	grime /ɡʁim/	grimions /ɡʁi.mjɔ̃/	grimiez /ɡʁi.mje/	griment /ɡʁim/
	imperfect2	grimasse /ɡʁi.mas/	grimasses /ɡʁi.mas/	grimât /ɡʁi.ma/	grimassions /ɡʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/	grimassiez /ɡʁi.ma.sje/	grimassent /ɡʁi.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	grime /ɡʁim/	—	grimons /ɡʁi.mɔ̃/	grimez /ɡʁi.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).

Further reading

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

Romanian

Noun

grimer m (plural grimeri)

1. Alternative form of grimeur