clamer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French clamer, from Latin clamāre, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kla.me/

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Verb

clamer

1. to proclaim

   Il n’a jamais cessé de clamer son innocence.

   He never stopped proclaiming his innocence.

Conjugation

Conjugation of clamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	clamer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	clamant /kla.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		clamé /kla.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	clame /klam/	clames /klam/	clame /klam/	clamons /kla.mɔ̃/	clamez /kla.me/	clament /klam/
	imperfect	clamais /kla.mɛ/	clamais /kla.mɛ/	clamait /kla.mɛ/	clamions /kla.mjɔ̃/	clamiez /kla.mje/	clamaient /kla.mɛ/
	past historic2	clamai /kla.me/	clamas /kla.ma/	clama /kla.ma/	clamâmes /kla.mam/	clamâtes /kla.mat/	clamèrent /kla.mɛʁ/
	future	clamerai /klam.ʁe/	clameras /klam.ʁa/	clamera /klam.ʁa/	clamerons /klam.ʁɔ̃/	clamerez /klam.ʁe/	clameront /klam.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	clamerais /klam.ʁɛ/	clamerais /klam.ʁɛ/	clamerait /klam.ʁɛ/	clamerions /kla.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	clameriez /kla.mə.ʁje/	clameraient /klam.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	clame /klam/	clames /klam/	clame /klam/	clamions /kla.mjɔ̃/	clamiez /kla.mje/	clament /klam/
	imperfect2	clamasse /kla.mas/	clamasses /kla.mas/	clamât /kla.ma/	clamassions /kla.ma.sjɔ̃/	clamassiez /kla.ma.sje/	clamassent /kla.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	clame /klam/	—	clamons /kla.mɔ̃/	clamez /kla.me/	—
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).

Related terms

• acclamer
• clameur
• exclamer
• proclamer
• réclamer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• calmer, Marcel

Latin

Verb

clāmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of clāmō

Old French

Etymology

From Latin clamāre.

Verb

clamer

1. to call out; to cry out

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. This verb has a stressed present stem claim distinct from the unstressed stem clam. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of clamer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		clamer			avoir clamé
gerund		en clamant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		clamant
past participle		clamé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	claim	claimes	claime	clamons	clamez	claiment
	imperfect	clamoie, clameie, clamoe, clameve	clamoies, clameies, clamoes, clameves	clamoit, clameit, clamot, clameve	clamiiens, clamiens	clamiiez, clamiez	clamoient, clameient, clamoent, clamevent
	preterite	clamai	clamas	clama	clamames	clamastes	clamerent
	future	clamerai	clameras	clamera	clamerons	clameroiz, clamereiz, clamerez	clameront
	conditional	clameroie, clamereie	clameroies, clamereies	clameroit, clamereit	clameriiens, clameriens	clameriiez, clameriez	clameroient, clamereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	claim	clains	claint	clamons	clamez	claiment
	imperfect	clamasse	clamasses	clamast	clamissons, clamissiens	clamissoiz, clamissez, clamissiez	clamassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	claime	—	clamons	clamez	—

Related terms

• reclamer

Descendants

• French: clamer
• → Middle English: claimen
  • English: claim, claym
    • → Afrikaans: kleim
    • → Dutch: claimen
    • → Indonesian: klaim
  • Scots: claim

Romansch

Alternative forms

• clamar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• clomar (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin clāmō, clāmāre.

Verb

clamer

1. (Puter) to call