"amer" meaning in French

See amer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /a.mɛʁ/ Audio: Fr-amer.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-amer.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-amer.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-amer.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-amer.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Touam-amer.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-amer.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-amer.wav Forms: amère [feminine], amers [masculine, plural], amères [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French amer, from Latin amārus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós (“bitter, raw”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|amer|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French amer, {{inh+|fr|fro|amer}} Inherited from Old French amer, {{inh|fr|la|amārus}} Latin amārus, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*h₂eh₃mós||bitter, raw}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós (“bitter, raw”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} amer (feminine amère, masculine plural amers, feminine plural amères)
  1. bitter
    Sense id: en-amer-fr-adj-u-jpUx4B Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Taste Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Taste: 50 50
  2. sour
    Sense id: en-amer-fr-adj-DUJoWR14 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Taste Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Taste: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: doux-amer, rose amère Related terms: amertume, âpre

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "doux-amer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rose amère"
    }
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        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "fro",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "amārus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin amārus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*h₂eh₃mós",
        "4": "",
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      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "amère",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "amertume"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "âpre"
    }
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      ],
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          "bitter",
          "bitter"
        ]
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      ],
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    },
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    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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}

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