airer

English

Etymology

air +‎ -er

Noun

airer (plural airers)

1. A framework upon which laundry is aired; a clotheshorse.

Translations

clotheshorse — see clotheshorse

Anagrams

• Riera, arrie, reair

French

Etymology

From aire +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

airer

1. to nest (make a nest)

Conjugation

Conjugation of airer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	airer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	airant /ɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /e.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		airé /ɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	aire /ɛʁ/	aires /ɛʁ/	aire /ɛʁ/	airons /ɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɔ̃/	airez /ɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ʁe/	airent /ɛʁ/
	imperfect	airais /ɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɛ/	airais /ɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɛ/	airait /ɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɛ/	airions /ɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁjɔ̃/	airiez /ɛ.ʁje/ or /e.ʁje/	airaient /ɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	airai /ɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ʁe/	airas /ɛ.ʁa/ or /e.ʁa/	aira /ɛ.ʁa/ or /e.ʁa/	airâmes /ɛ.ʁam/ or /e.ʁam/	airâtes /ɛ.ʁat/ or /e.ʁat/	airèrent /ɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /e.ʁɛʁ/
	future	airerai /ɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.ʁə.ʁe/	aireras /ɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.ʁə.ʁa/	airera /ɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.ʁə.ʁa/	airerons /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	airerez /ɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.ʁə.ʁe/	aireront /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	airerais /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/	airerais /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/	airerait /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/	airerions /ɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	aireriez /ɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /e.ʁə.ʁje/	aireraient /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁə.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	aire /ɛʁ/	aires /ɛʁ/	aire /ɛʁ/	airions /ɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁjɔ̃/	airiez /ɛ.ʁje/ or /e.ʁje/	airent /ɛʁ/
	imperfect2	airasse /ɛ.ʁas/ or /e.ʁas/	airasses /ɛ.ʁas/ or /e.ʁas/	airât /ɛ.ʁa/ or /e.ʁa/	airassions /ɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	airassiez /ɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /e.ʁa.sje/	airassent /ɛ.ʁas/ or /e.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	aire /ɛʁ/	—	airons /ɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɔ̃/	airez /ɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ʁe/	—
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

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

Anagrams

• errai

Norman

Etymology

From English air +‎ -er.

Verb

airer

1. (Jersey) to air (laundry, etc.)