suer

See also: suèr, suër, and sür

English

Etymology

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English sue

English -er

English suer

From sue + -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)
• Homophone: sewer

Noun

suer (plural suers)

1. Someone who sues; a suitor.
   • 1869, Littell's Living Age, page 789:

     He was the most interesting of all the suers for her hand.

Coordinate terms

• litigant
• plaintiff
• defendant

References

• “suer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• U.S.-er, US'er, rues, useR, sure, U.S.er, user, Ruse, Ersu, Rues, U.S.'er, Reus, ruse, ures, US-er, ERUs

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French suer, from Latin sūdāre, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɥe/, /sy.e/

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Verb

suer

1. to sweat

Conjugation

Conjugation of suer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	suer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	suant /sɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sué /sɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sue /sy/	sues /sy/	sue /sy/	suons /sɥɔ̃/	suez /sɥe/	suent /sy/
	imperfect	suais /sɥɛ/	suais /sɥɛ/	suait /sɥɛ/	suions /sy.jɔ̃/	suiez /sy.je/	suaient /sɥɛ/
	past historic2	suai /sɥe/	suas /sɥa/	sua /sɥa/	suâmes /sɥam/	suâtes /sɥat/	suèrent /sɥɛʁ/
	future	suerai /sy.ʁe/	sueras /sy.ʁa/	suera /sy.ʁa/	suerons /sy.ʁɔ̃/	suerez /sy.ʁe/	sueront /sy.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	suerais /sy.ʁɛ/	suerais /sy.ʁɛ/	suerait /sy.ʁɛ/	suerions /sy.ʁjɔ̃/	sueriez /sy.ʁje/	sueraient /sy.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	sue /sy/	sues /sy/	sue /sy/	suions /sy.jɔ̃/	suiez /sy.je/	suent /sy/
	imperfect2	suasse /sɥas/	suasses /sɥas/	suât /sɥa/	suassions /sɥa.sjɔ̃/	suassiez /sɥa.sje/	suassent /sɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sue /sy/	—	suons /sɥɔ̃/	suez /sɥe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• en suer un
• suée
• suer à grosses gouttes
• suer comme un bœuf
• suer sang et eau

Related terms

• exsuder
• suaire
• sudation
• suette
• sueur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rues, ruse, rusé, sure, sûre, user

Middle English

Adjective

suer

1. alternative form of sure

Norman

Etymology

From Old French suer, from Latin sūdō, sūdāre (“sweat, perspire”, verb).

Verb

suer

1. (Jersey) to steam

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

suer f

1. indefinite plural of su

Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɛɾ/

Noun

suer f

1. nominative singular of seror

Anagrams

• seür