nimber
French, verb/nɛ̃.be/
nimber is spelled N-I-M-B-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written French, the 239,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nimber is a French verb meaning “to surround with a halo or nimbus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entourer d’un nimbe”.
What does nimber mean in English?
verb
- 1
to surround with a halo or nimbus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Entourer d’un nimbe. 2. Flouter, maquiller.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nimber
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- nimbant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- nimbé participle past
- nimbe first-person indicative present
- nimbes indicative present second-person
- nimbons first-person indicative plural
- nimbez indicative plural present
- nimbent indicative plural present
- nimbais first-person imperfect indicative
- nimbait imperfect indicative singular
- nimbions first-person imperfect indicative
- nimbiez imperfect indicative plural
- nimbaient imperfect indicative plural
- nimbai first-person historic indicative
- nimbas historic indicative past
- nimba historic indicative past
- nimbâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nimber?
- /nɛ̃.be/
- \nɛ̃.be\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nimber in French?
nimber appears about once in every 58 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).