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parfumer
parfumer
French
Verb
parfumer
- to perfume (to apply a scent)
Conjugation
Conjugation of parfumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | parfumer | avoir parfumé | |||||
| gerund | en parfumant | en ayant parfumé | |||||
| present participle | parfumant /paʁ.fy.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | parfumé /paʁ.fy.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | parfumai /paʁ.fy.me/ |
parfumas /paʁ.fy.ma/ |
parfuma /paʁ.fy.ma/ |
parfumâmes /paʁ.fy.mam/ |
parfumâtes /paʁ.fy.mat/ |
parfumèrent /paʁ.fy.mɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | parfume /paʁ.fym/ |
parfumes /paʁ.fym/ |
parfume /paʁ.fym/ |
parfumions /paʁ.fy.mjɔ̃/ |
parfumiez /paʁ.fy.mje/ |
parfument /paʁ.fym/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | parfume /paʁ.fym/ |
— | parfumons /paʁ.fy.mɔ̃/ |
parfumez /paʁ.fy.me/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Middle French
Etymology
Probably a borrowing from Old Provençal 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)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | parfumer | avoir parfumé | |||||
| gerund | en parfumant | en ayant parfumé | |||||
| present participle | parfumant /paʁ.fy.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | parfumé /paʁ.fy.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | parfumai /paʁ.fy.me/ |
parfumas /paʁ.fy.ma/ |
parfuma /paʁ.fy.ma/ |
parfumâmes /paʁ.fy.mam/ |
parfumâtes /paʁ.fy.mat/ |
parfumèrent /paʁ.fy.mɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | parfume /paʁ.fym/ |
parfumes /paʁ.fym/ |
parfume /paʁ.fym/ |
parfumions /paʁ.fy.mjɔ̃/ |
parfumiez /paʁ.fy.mje/ |
parfument /paʁ.fym/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | parfume /paʁ.fym/ |
— | parfumons /paʁ.fy.mɔ̃/ |
parfumez /paʁ.fy.me/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: parfumer