flamer

See also: Flamer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Italic *flagmā

Latin flammula

Old French flamble

Old French flambe

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -er

Old French flamberbor.

Middle English flawmen

English flame

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English flamer

From flame + -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfleɪmɚ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ)

Noun

flamer (plural flamers)

1. (colloquial, often derogatory) A very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male.
   • 2010, Paul Bouchard, A Package at Gitmo, page 78:

     The thinking is Ralston's gay—lots of us Fifth Squadders think he's gay. Me, I think he is, and it don't bother me any. You's queer, you's queer. So he's a flamer—big deal. Or maybe he's a switch-hitter, a bisexual. Who knows?

   • 2013, Richard Ayoade, Avi Korine, The Double:

     [James Simon:] How come you don't have a girlfriend?
     [Simon James:] I don't know.
     [James Simon:] You a flamer?

2. (computing, slang) One who flames, or posts vitriolic criticism.
   • 1997, Alex J. Packer, Pamela Espeland, How Rude!:

     Send a note to the flamer. Tell him that his message was inappropriate. Request that he refrain from posting anything like it again.

3. (military, slang) A fireball.
   • 1945, The International Blue Printer, volume 18, page 26:

     A Navy fighter was on the tail of a Jap dive bomber that was headed for the ships in the bay, and he nailed him at about 5,000 feet and made a flamer of him.

   • 2011, Derek Robinson, Damned Good Show:

     Fellows who didn't enjoy their breakfast unless they'd crept up behind some foolish Hun, put twenty rounds in his petrol tank and made a flamer of him.

Further reading

• “flamer n.¹”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.

Anagrams

• Falmer

Catalan

Etymology

From flama +‎ -er.

Noun

flamer m (plural flamers)

1. (architecture) a flame-like motif characteristic of the flamboyant style of Gothic architecture

Derived terms

• flameró

Related terms

• flamíger

Further reading

• “flamer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English flame.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla.me/

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Verb

flamer

1. (Internet) to flame (post disruptive messages)

Conjugation

Conjugation of flamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	flamer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	flamant /fla.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		flamé /fla.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	flame /flam/	flames /flam/	flame /flam/	flamons /fla.mɔ̃/	flamez /fla.me/	flament /flam/
	imperfect	flamais /fla.mɛ/	flamais /fla.mɛ/	flamait /fla.mɛ/	flamions /fla.mjɔ̃/	flamiez /fla.mje/	flamaient /fla.mɛ/
	past historic2	flamai /fla.me/	flamas /fla.ma/	flama /fla.ma/	flamâmes /fla.mam/	flamâtes /fla.mat/	flamèrent /fla.mɛʁ/
	future	flamerai /flam.ʁe/	flameras /flam.ʁa/	flamera /flam.ʁa/	flamerons /flam.ʁɔ̃/	flamerez /flam.ʁe/	flameront /flam.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	flamerais /flam.ʁɛ/	flamerais /flam.ʁɛ/	flamerait /flam.ʁɛ/	flamerions /fla.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	flameriez /fla.mə.ʁje/	flameraient /flam.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	flame /flam/	flames /flam/	flame /flam/	flamions /fla.mjɔ̃/	flamiez /fla.mje/	flament /flam/
	imperfect2	flamasse /fla.mas/	flamasses /fla.mas/	flamât /fla.ma/	flamassions /fla.ma.sjɔ̃/	flamassiez /fla.ma.sje/	flamassent /fla.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	flame /flam/	—	flamons /fla.mɔ̃/	flamez /fla.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: 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).