jammer

See also: Jammer

English

Etymology

jam +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

jammer (plural jammers)

  1. Any device used to jam radio reception.
  2. 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.
  3. A musician who jams.
  4. 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.
  5. (roller derby) A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.

Derived terms

Translations

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Afrikaans

Alternative forms
  • djammer (Cape Afrikaans)

Etymology

From Dutch jammer, from Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iamer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈja.mər/
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Interjection

jammer

  1. sorry

Adjective

jammer (attributive jammer, not comparable)

  1. sorry, regretful

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑ.mər/
  • jammer(file)
  • Hyphenation: jam‧mer
  • Rhymes: -ɑmər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iāmer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).

Interjection

jammer

  1. too bad, unfortunately
See also

Adjective

jammer (comparative jammerder, superlative jammerst)

  1. unfortunate, sad
  2. (used predicatively) too bad, a pity
Inflection
Inflection of jammer
uninflected jammer
inflected jammere
comparative jammerder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial jammerjammerderhet jammerst
het jammerste
indefinite m./f. sing. jammerejammerderejammerste
n. sing. jammerjammerderjammerste
plural jammerejammerderejammerste
definite jammerejammerderejammerste
partitive jammersjammerders—
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: jammer
  • Negerhollands: jammer, jamer
  • → Caribbean Javanese: yamer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

jammer

  1. inflection of jammeren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʒa.me/
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  • Audio (CAN)(file)

Verb

jammer

  1. (music, notably jazz) to jam; have a jam session
    Synonym: bœuffer

Conjugation
Conjugation of jammer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple jammer
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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).

German

Pronunciation
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Verb

jammer

  1. inflection of jammern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
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