parfumer

French

Etymology

Inherited 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

  1. 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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Occitan parfumer or Italian perfumare, from Latin per- + fumāre.

Verb

parfumer

  1. 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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • French: parfumer
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