humer
See also: húmer
French
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /y.me/
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Verb
humer
- (transitive) to smell
Conjugation
Conjugation of humer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | humer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | humant /y.mɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | humé /y.me/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | hume /ym/ | humes /ym/ | hume /ym/ | humons /y.mɔ̃/ | humez /y.me/ | hument /ym/ |
imperfect | humais /y.mɛ/ | humais /y.mɛ/ | humait /y.mɛ/ | humions /y.mjɔ̃/ | humiez /y.mje/ | humaient /y.mɛ/ | |
past historic2 | humai /y.me/ | humas /y.ma/ | huma /y.ma/ | humâmes /y.mam/ | humâtes /y.mat/ | humèrent /y.mɛʁ/ | |
future | humerai /ym.ʁe/ | humeras /ym.ʁa/ | humera /ym.ʁa/ | humerons /ym.ʁɔ̃/ | humerez /ym.ʁe/ | humeront /ym.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | humerais /ym.ʁɛ/ | humerais /ym.ʁɛ/ | humerait /ym.ʁɛ/ | humerions /y.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | humeriez /y.mə.ʁje/ | humeraient /ym.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 | hume /ym/ | humes /ym/ | hume /ym/ | humions /y.mjɔ̃/ | humiez /y.mje/ | hument /ym/ |
imperfect2 | humasse /y.mas/ | humasses /y.mas/ | humât /y.ma/ | humassions /y.ma.sjɔ̃/ | humassiez /y.ma.sje/ | humassent /y.mas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | hume /ym/ | — | humons /y.mɔ̃/ | humez /y.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). |
Further reading
- “humer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- rhume
Latin
Verb
humer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of humō
Middle English
Noun
humer
- Alternative form of humour