liker
See also: likér
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪkə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From like + -er (“agent noun suffix”).
Noun
liker (plural likers)
- One who likes.
- 2009 May 10, David Segal, “Scammed? Rebuffed? Ignored? Read On”, in New York Times[1]:
- Traditionally, the rebate offers a price cut to anyone willing to endure a certain amount of hassle; it’s an inducement that separates the casual bargain likers from the ardent bargain lovers.
Etymology 2
From like + -er (“comparative suffix”).
Adjective
liker
- (archaic) comparative form of like: more like
- 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory:
- We owe greater love to angels than to men, because they are better, nearer God, and liker to him, and more demonstrate his glory; and indeed also love us better, and do more for us than we can do for one another.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- To be the bride of Christ was the thought that filled her heart; and when, at the fencing of the table, Dr. Chrystal preached from Matthew nine and fifteen, 'Can the children of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?' it was remarked by sundry that Ailie's face was liker the countenance of an angel than of a mortal lass.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
liker
- (social media) to like
- 2023 April, Siné mensuel, number 128, →ISSN, page 11:
- Voilà, les zouzous, c'est tout pour aujourd'hui ! N'oubliez pas de liker ma vidéo !
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of liker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | liker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | likant /laj.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | liké /laj.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | like /lajk/ |
likes /lajk/ |
like /lajk/ |
likons /laj.kɔ̃/ |
likez /laj.ke/ |
likent /lajk/ |
| imperfect | likais /laj.kɛ/ |
likais /laj.kɛ/ |
likait /laj.kɛ/ |
likions /laj.kjɔ̃/ |
likiez /laj.kje/ |
likaient /laj.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | likai /laj.ke/ |
likas /laj.ka/ |
lika /laj.ka/ |
likâmes /laj.kam/ |
likâtes /laj.kat/ |
likèrent /laj.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | likerai /laj.kə.ʁe/ |
likeras /laj.kə.ʁa/ |
likera /laj.kə.ʁa/ |
likerons /laj.kə.ʁɔ̃/ |
likerez /laj.kə.ʁe/ |
likeront /laj.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | likerais /laj.kə.ʁɛ/ |
likerais /laj.kə.ʁɛ/ |
likerait /laj.kə.ʁɛ/ |
likerions /laj.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
likeriez /laj.kə.ʁje/ |
likeraient /laj.kə.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 | like /lajk/ |
likes /lajk/ |
like /lajk/ |
likions /laj.kjɔ̃/ |
likiez /laj.kje/ |
likent /lajk/ |
| imperfect2 | likasse /laj.kas/ |
likasses /laj.kas/ |
likât /laj.ka/ |
likassions /laj.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
likassiez /laj.ka.sje/ |
likassent /laj.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | like /lajk/ |
— | likons /laj.kɔ̃/ |
likez /laj.ke/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Verb
liker
- present of like
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
liker
- present of like
Old Swedish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Norse líkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz, from *ga- + *-līkaz.
Adjective
līker
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | līker | līk | līkt |
| accusative | līkan | līka | līkt |
| dative | līkum līkom |
līkri līkre |
līku līko |
| genitive | līks | līkrar | līks |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | līkir līker |
līkar | līk |
| accusative | līka | līkar | līk |
| dative | līkum līkom |
līkum līkom |
līkum līkom |
| genitive | līkra līka |
līkra līka |
līkra līka |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | līki līke |
līka | līka |
| accusative | līka | līku līko |
līka |
| dative | līka | līku līko |
līka |
| genitive | līka | līku līko |
līka |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | līku līko |
līku līko |
līku līko |
| accusative | līku līko |
līku līko |
līku līko |
| dative | līku līko |
līku līko |
līku līko |
| genitive | līku līko |
līku līko |
līku līko |
Descendants
- Swedish: lik
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from French liqueur, from Latin liquor (“liquid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lǐkeːr/
- Hyphenation: li‧ker
Noun
lìkēr m inan (Cyrillic spelling лѝке̄р)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lìkēr | likeri |
| genitive | likéra | likera |
| dative | likeru | likerima |
| accusative | liker | likere |
| vocative | likeru | likeri |
| locative | likeru | likerima |
| instrumental | likerom | likerima |
References
- “liker”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026