parfumer
French
Etymology
From Middle French parfumer, probably borrowed from Old Occitan parfumer or Italian perfumare, from Latin per- + fumāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paʁ.fy.me/
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Verb
parfumer
- to perfume (to apply a scent)
Conjugation
Conjugation of parfumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | parfumer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | parfumant /paʁ.fy.mɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | parfumé /paʁ.fy.me/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | parfume /paʁ.fym/ | parfumes /paʁ.fym/ | parfume /paʁ.fym/ | parfumons /paʁ.fy.mɔ̃/ | parfumez /paʁ.fy.me/ | parfument /paʁ.fym/ |
imperfect | parfumais /paʁ.fy.mɛ/ | parfumais /paʁ.fy.mɛ/ | parfumait /paʁ.fy.mɛ/ | parfumions /paʁ.fy.mjɔ̃/ | parfumiez /paʁ.fy.mje/ | parfumaient /paʁ.fy.mɛ/ | |
past historic2 | parfumai /paʁ.fy.me/ | parfumas /paʁ.fy.ma/ | parfuma /paʁ.fy.ma/ | parfumâmes /paʁ.fy.mam/ | parfumâtes /paʁ.fy.mat/ | parfumèrent /paʁ.fy.mɛʁ/ | |
future | parfumerai /paʁ.fym.ʁe/ | parfumeras /paʁ.fym.ʁa/ | parfumera /paʁ.fym.ʁa/ | parfumerons /paʁ.fym.ʁɔ̃/ | parfumerez /paʁ.fym.ʁe/ | parfumeront /paʁ.fym.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | parfumerais /paʁ.fym.ʁɛ/ | parfumerais /paʁ.fym.ʁɛ/ | parfumerait /paʁ.fym.ʁɛ/ | parfumerions /paʁ.fy.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | parfumeriez /paʁ.fy.mə.ʁje/ | parfumeraient /paʁ.fym.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 | parfume /paʁ.fym/ | parfumes /paʁ.fym/ | parfume /paʁ.fym/ | parfumions /paʁ.fy.mjɔ̃/ | parfumiez /paʁ.fy.mje/ | parfument /paʁ.fym/ |
imperfect2 | parfumasse /paʁ.fy.mas/ | parfumasses /paʁ.fy.mas/ | parfumât /paʁ.fy.ma/ | parfumassions /paʁ.fy.ma.sjɔ̃/ | parfumassiez /paʁ.fy.ma.sje/ | parfumassent /paʁ.fy.mas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | parfume /paʁ.fym/ | — | parfumons /paʁ.fy.mɔ̃/ | parfumez /paʁ.fy.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). |
Derived terms
- parfum
Further reading
- “parfumer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Old Occitan parfumer or Italian perfumare, from Latin per- + fumāre.
Verb
parfumer
- to perfume (to apply a scent)
Conjugation
Conjugation of parfumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | parfumer | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | parfumant /paʁ.fy.mɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | parfumé /paʁ.fy.me/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | parfume /paʁ.fym/ | parfumes /paʁ.fym/ | parfume /paʁ.fym/ | parfumons /paʁ.fy.mɔ̃/ | parfumez /paʁ.fy.me/ | parfument /paʁ.fym/ |
imperfect | parfumais /paʁ.fy.mɛ/ | parfumais /paʁ.fy.mɛ/ | parfumait /paʁ.fy.mɛ/ | parfumions /paʁ.fy.mjɔ̃/ | parfumiez /paʁ.fy.mje/ | parfumaient /paʁ.fy.mɛ/ | |
past historic2 | parfumai /paʁ.fy.me/ | parfumas /paʁ.fy.ma/ | parfuma /paʁ.fy.ma/ | parfumâmes /paʁ.fy.mam/ | parfumâtes /paʁ.fy.mat/ | parfumèrent /paʁ.fy.mɛʁ/ | |
future | parfumerai /paʁ.fym.ʁe/ | parfumeras /paʁ.fym.ʁa/ | parfumera /paʁ.fym.ʁa/ | parfumerons /paʁ.fym.ʁɔ̃/ | parfumerez /paʁ.fym.ʁe/ | parfumeront /paʁ.fym.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | parfumerais /paʁ.fym.ʁɛ/ | parfumerais /paʁ.fym.ʁɛ/ | parfumerait /paʁ.fym.ʁɛ/ | parfumerions /paʁ.fy.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | parfumeriez /paʁ.fy.mə.ʁje/ | parfumeraient /paʁ.fym.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 | parfume /paʁ.fym/ | parfumes /paʁ.fym/ | parfume /paʁ.fym/ | parfumions /paʁ.fy.mjɔ̃/ | parfumiez /paʁ.fy.mje/ | parfument /paʁ.fym/ |
imperfect2 | parfumasse /paʁ.fy.mas/ | parfumasses /paʁ.fy.mas/ | parfumât /paʁ.fy.ma/ | parfumassions /paʁ.fy.ma.sjɔ̃/ | parfumassiez /paʁ.fy.ma.sje/ | parfumassent /paʁ.fy.mas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | parfume /paʁ.fym/ | — | parfumons /paʁ.fy.mɔ̃/ | parfumez /paʁ.fy.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). |
Derived terms
- parfum
Descendants
- French: parfumer