nuer

See also: Nuer and nǚ'ér

French

Etymology

From nue (“cloud”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɥe/

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Verb

nuer

1. (dated, transitive) to match, match up

   Synonym: assortir

Conjugation

Conjugation of nuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	nuer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	nuant /nɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		nué /nɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	nue /ny/	nues /ny/	nue /ny/	nuons /nɥɔ̃/	nuez /nɥe/	nuent /ny/
	imperfect	nuais /nɥɛ/	nuais /nɥɛ/	nuait /nɥɛ/	nuions /ny.jɔ̃/	nuiez /ny.je/	nuaient /nɥɛ/
	past historic2	nuai /nɥe/	nuas /nɥa/	nua /nɥa/	nuâmes /nɥam/	nuâtes /nɥat/	nuèrent /nɥɛʁ/
	future	nuerai /ny.ʁe/	nueras /ny.ʁa/	nuera /ny.ʁa/	nuerons /ny.ʁɔ̃/	nuerez /ny.ʁe/	nueront /ny.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	nuerais /ny.ʁɛ/	nuerais /ny.ʁɛ/	nuerait /ny.ʁɛ/	nuerions /ny.ʁjɔ̃/	nueriez /ny.ʁje/	nueraient /ny.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	nue /ny/	nues /ny/	nue /ny/	nuions /ny.jɔ̃/	nuiez /ny.je/	nuent /ny/
	imperfect2	nuasse /nɥas/	nuasses /nɥas/	nuât /nɥa/	nuassions /nɥa.sjɔ̃/	nuassiez /nɥa.sje/	nuassent /nɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	nue /ny/	—	nuons /nɥɔ̃/	nuez /nɥe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• nuance

Further reading

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

Spanish

Noun

nuer m or f by sense (plural nueres)

1. Nuer

Noun

nuer m (uncountable)

1. Nuer (language)