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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒæmɚ/
- Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]jammer (plural jammers)
- Any device used to jam radio reception.
- A kind of form-fitting swimwear used by athletes, resembling shorts.
- 2001, Newsgroups: rec.sport.swimming, Mon, 09 Jul 2001 21:39:52 GMT, Subject: Re: Laying out in Myrtle Beach
- As for me, I wear a dragsuit to the pool, and regular trunks to the beach. In competitions, I wear speedos, but am more comfortable in "jammers", which is a half-bodysuit.
- 2006, David West, 140.6 - One Man's Journey: The Metamorphosis from Casual Runner, page 62:
- In early May, I was starting to swim in jammers which I was not accustomed to or comfortable wearing. I have always thought that wearing spandex is an earned privelege,[sic] not a birthright.
- 2007, Janet Evans, Janet Evans' Total Swimming, page 5:
- Enter jammers in the mid-1990s. Jammers have the look of biking shorts with skin-tight Lycra covering the thigh to mid-thigh or the knee, depending on the cut.
- 2001, Newsgroups: rec.sport.swimming, Mon, 09 Jul 2001 21:39:52 GMT, Subject: Re: Laying out in Myrtle Beach
- A musician who jams.
- A device (e.g. a jumar) which will slide along a rope in one direction but not the other, used in rock-climbing, caving etc.
- (roller derby) A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]device used to jam radio reception
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See also
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- djammer (Cape Afrikaans)
Etymology
[edit]From Dutch jammer, from Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iamer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]jammer
Adjective
[edit]jammer (attributive jammer, not comparable)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iāmer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).
Interjection
[edit]jammer
See also
[edit]Adjective
[edit]jammer (comparative jammerder, superlative jammerst)
- unfortunate, sad
- (used predicatively) too bad, a pity
Inflection
[edit]Declension of jammer | ||||
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uninflected | jammer | |||
inflected | jammere | |||
comparative | jammerder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | jammer | jammerder | het jammerst het jammerste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | jammere | jammerdere | jammerste |
n. sing. | jammer | jammerder | jammerste | |
plural | jammere | jammerdere | jammerste | |
definite | jammere | jammerdere | jammerste | |
partitive | jammers | jammerders | — |
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]jammer
- inflection of jammeren:
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]jammer
- (music, notably jazz) to jam; have a jam session
- Synonym: bœuffer
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of jammer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | jammer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | jammant /dʒa.mɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | jammé /dʒa.me/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | jamme /dʒam/ |
jammes /dʒam/ |
jamme /dʒam/ |
jammons /dʒa.mɔ̃/ |
jammez /dʒa.me/ |
jamment /dʒam/ |
imperfect | jammais /dʒa.mɛ/ |
jammais /dʒa.mɛ/ |
jammait /dʒa.mɛ/ |
jammions /dʒa.mjɔ̃/ |
jammiez /dʒa.mje/ |
jammaient /dʒa.mɛ/ | |
past historic2 | jammai /dʒa.me/ |
jammas /dʒa.ma/ |
jamma /dʒa.ma/ |
jammâmes /dʒa.mam/ |
jammâtes /dʒa.mat/ |
jammèrent /dʒa.mɛʁ/ | |
future | jammerai /dʒam.ʁe/ |
jammeras /dʒam.ʁa/ |
jammera /dʒam.ʁa/ |
jammerons /dʒam.ʁɔ̃/ |
jammerez /dʒam.ʁe/ |
jammeront /dʒam.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | jammerais /dʒam.ʁɛ/ |
jammerais /dʒam.ʁɛ/ |
jammerait /dʒam.ʁɛ/ |
jammerions /dʒa.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
jammeriez /dʒa.mə.ʁje/ |
jammeraient /dʒam.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 | jamme /dʒam/ |
jammes /dʒam/ |
jamme /dʒam/ |
jammions /dʒa.mjɔ̃/ |
jammiez /dʒa.mje/ |
jamment /dʒam/ |
imperfect2 | jammasse /dʒa.mas/ |
jammasses /dʒa.mas/ |
jammât /dʒa.ma/ |
jammassions /dʒa.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
jammassiez /dʒa.ma.sje/ |
jammassent /dʒa.mas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | jamme /dʒam/ |
— | jammons /dʒa.mɔ̃/ |
jammez /dʒa.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]jammer
- inflection of jammern:
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