aimer
French, verb/ɛ.me/
aimer is a French verb meaning “to love (usually of a person, otherwise the meaning is closer to English like)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ressentir un fort sentiment d’attirance pour quelqu’un ou quelque chose”.
What does aimer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to love (usually of a person, otherwise the meaning is closer to English like)
Donne-moi une raison de t’aimer.
- 2
to like (often with bien)
Il aime bien danser.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ressentir un fort sentiment d’attirance pour quelqu’un ou quelque chose. 2. Se dit également en parlant des choses physiques ou morales. 3. Avoir un goût plus ou moins vif pour certaines personnes, pour certains animaux, pour certaines choses. 4. Apprécier, trouver agréable.
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 aimer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- aimant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- aimé participle past
- aime first-person indicative present
- ɛm first-person indicative present
- aimes indicative present second-person
- aimons first-person indicative plural
- aimez indicative plural present
- aiment indicative plural present
- aimais first-person imperfect indicative
- aimait imperfect indicative singular
- aimions first-person imperfect indicative
- aimiez imperfect indicative plural
- aimaient imperfect indicative plural
- aimai first-person historic indicative
- aimas historic indicative past
- aima historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aimer?
- /ɛ.me/
- /e.me/
- \e.me\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aimer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aimer in French?
aimer appears 45 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).