profiter

English

Etymology

profit +‎ -er

Noun

profiter (plural profiters)

  1. One who profits.

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Anagrams

French

Etymology

From profit +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.fi.te/
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Verb

profiter

  1. (transitive with de) to take advantage of, make the most of, enjoy
  2. (transitive with à) to be profitable or beneficial
    bien mal acquis ne profite jamais ― ill-gotten gains never prosper
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) to thrive, do well; (of clothes) wear well, soak up (sun, atmosphere)

Conjugation
Conjugation of profiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple profiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple profitant
/pʁɔ.fi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle profité
/pʁɔ.fi.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present profite
/pʁɔ.fit/		 profites
/pʁɔ.fit/		 profite
/pʁɔ.fit/		 profitons
/pʁɔ.fi.tɔ̃/		 profitez
/pʁɔ.fi.te/		 profitent
/pʁɔ.fit/
imperfect profitais
/pʁɔ.fi.tɛ/		 profitais
/pʁɔ.fi.tɛ/		 profitait
/pʁɔ.fi.tɛ/		 profitions
/pʁɔ.fi.tjɔ̃/		 profitiez
/pʁɔ.fi.tje/		 profitaient
/pʁɔ.fi.tɛ/
past historic2 profitai
/pʁɔ.fi.te/		 profitas
/pʁɔ.fi.ta/		 profita
/pʁɔ.fi.ta/		 profitâmes
/pʁɔ.fi.tam/		 profitâtes
/pʁɔ.fi.tat/		 profitèrent
/pʁɔ.fi.tɛʁ/
future profiterai
/pʁɔ.fi.tʁe/		 profiteras
/pʁɔ.fi.tʁa/		 profitera
/pʁɔ.fi.tʁa/		 profiterons
/pʁɔ.fi.tʁɔ̃/		 profiterez
/pʁɔ.fi.tʁe/		 profiteront
/pʁɔ.fi.tʁɔ̃/
conditional profiterais
/pʁɔ.fi.tʁɛ/		 profiterais
/pʁɔ.fi.tʁɛ/		 profiterait
/pʁɔ.fi.tʁɛ/		 profiterions
/pʁɔ.fi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 profiteriez
/pʁɔ.fi.tə.ʁje/		 profiteraient
/pʁɔ.fi.tʁɛ/
(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 profite
/pʁɔ.fit/		 profites
/pʁɔ.fit/		 profite
/pʁɔ.fit/		 profitions
/pʁɔ.fi.tjɔ̃/		 profitiez
/pʁɔ.fi.tje/		 profitent
/pʁɔ.fit/
imperfect2 profitasse
/pʁɔ.fi.tas/		 profitasses
/pʁɔ.fi.tas/		 profitât
/pʁɔ.fi.ta/		 profitassions
/pʁɔ.fi.ta.sjɔ̃/		 profitassiez
/pʁɔ.fi.ta.sje/		 profitassent
/pʁɔ.fi.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — profite
/pʁɔ.fit/		 — profitons
/pʁɔ.fi.tɔ̃/		 profitez
/pʁɔ.fi.te/		 —
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).

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /profǐteːr/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧fi‧ter

Noun

profìtēr m (Cyrillic spelling профѝте̄р)

  1. profiteer

Declension
Declension of profiter
singular plural
nominative profìtēr profiteri
genitive profitéra profitera
dative profiteru profiterima
accusative profitera profitere
vocative profiteru profiteri
locative profiteru profiterima
instrumental profiterom profiterima

Swedish

Noun

profiter

  1. indefinite plural of profit
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