nimber

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English

Etymology

Blend of nim +‎ number

Noun

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nimber (plural nimbers)

  1. Any of a set of number-like objects used in combinatorial game theory, equivalent to the values of heaps in the game of nim.

Synonyms

French

FWOTD – 9 June 2014

Etymology

From nimbe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛ̃.be/
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Verb

nimber

  1. (transitive) to surround with a halo or nimbus
    • 1976, Bernard Clavel, La saison des loups, 1985, page 105
      Le ciel était clair et la lune à peine nimbée
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of nimber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple nimber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple nimbant
/nɛ̃.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle nimbé
/nɛ̃.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present nimbe
/nɛ̃b/ 		nimbes
/nɛ̃b/ 		nimbe
/nɛ̃b/ 		nimbons
/nɛ̃.bɔ̃/ 		nimbez
/nɛ̃.be/ 		nimbent
/nɛ̃b/
imperfect nimbais
/nɛ̃.bɛ/ 		nimbais
/nɛ̃.bɛ/ 		nimbait
/nɛ̃.bɛ/ 		nimbions
/nɛ̃.bjɔ̃/ 		nimbiez
/nɛ̃.bje/ 		nimbaient
/nɛ̃.bɛ/
past historic2 nimbai
/nɛ̃.be/ 		nimbas
/nɛ̃.ba/ 		nimba
/nɛ̃.ba/ 		nimbâmes
/nɛ̃.bam/ 		nimbâtes
/nɛ̃.bat/ 		nimbèrent
/nɛ̃.bɛʁ/
future nimberai
/nɛ̃.bʁe/ 		nimberas
/nɛ̃.bʁa/ 		nimbera
/nɛ̃.bʁa/ 		nimberons
/nɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/ 		nimberez
/nɛ̃.bʁe/ 		nimberont
/nɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/
conditional nimberais
/nɛ̃.bʁɛ/ 		nimberais
/nɛ̃.bʁɛ/ 		nimberait
/nɛ̃.bʁɛ/ 		nimberions
/nɛ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		nimberiez
/nɛ̃.bə.ʁje/ 		nimberaient
/nɛ̃.bʁɛ/
(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 nimbe
/nɛ̃b/ 		nimbes
/nɛ̃b/ 		nimbe
/nɛ̃b/ 		nimbions
/nɛ̃.bjɔ̃/ 		nimbiez
/nɛ̃.bje/ 		nimbent
/nɛ̃b/
imperfect2 nimbasse
/nɛ̃.bas/ 		nimbasses
/nɛ̃.bas/ 		nimbât
/nɛ̃.ba/ 		nimbassions
/nɛ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ 		nimbassiez
/nɛ̃.ba.sje/ 		nimbassent
/nɛ̃.bas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — nimbe
/nɛ̃b/ 		— nimbons
/nɛ̃.bɔ̃/ 		nimbez
/nɛ̃.be/ 		—
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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