nimber
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɪm.bə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɪm.bəɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɪmbəɹ
- Hyphenation: nim‧ber
Noun
nimber (plural nimbers)
- Any of a set of number-like objects used in combinatorial game theory, equivalent to the values of heaps in the game of nim.
- Synonym: Grundy number
Translations
Translations
French
FWOTD – 9 June 2014
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛ̃.be/
Audio: (file)
Verb
nimber
- (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)
- 1976, Bernard Clavel, La saison des loups, 1985, page 105
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “nimber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.