nimber

English

Etymology

Blend of nim +‎ number

Noun

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

• Grundy number

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).

Further reading

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