chômer
See also: chomer
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin caumāre (“to rest during the heat”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃo.me/
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Verb
chômer
- to be idle
- to be out of work
Conjugation
Conjugation of chômer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chômer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chômant /ʃo.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chômé /ʃo.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | chôme /ʃom/ |
chômes /ʃom/ |
chôme /ʃom/ |
chômons /ʃo.mɔ̃/ |
chômez /ʃo.me/ |
chôment /ʃom/ |
| imperfect | chômais /ʃo.mɛ/ |
chômais /ʃo.mɛ/ |
chômait /ʃo.mɛ/ |
chômions /ʃo.mjɔ̃/ |
chômiez /ʃo.mje/ |
chômaient /ʃo.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chômai /ʃo.me/ |
chômas /ʃo.ma/ |
chôma /ʃo.ma/ |
chômâmes /ʃo.mam/ |
chômâtes /ʃo.mat/ |
chômèrent /ʃo.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | chômerai /ʃom.ʁe/ |
chômeras /ʃom.ʁa/ |
chômera /ʃom.ʁa/ |
chômerons /ʃom.ʁɔ̃/ |
chômerez /ʃom.ʁe/ |
chômeront /ʃom.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chômerais /ʃom.ʁɛ/ |
chômerais /ʃom.ʁɛ/ |
chômerait /ʃom.ʁɛ/ |
chômerions /ʃo.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chômeriez /ʃo.mə.ʁje/ |
chômeraient /ʃom.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 | chôme /ʃom/ |
chômes /ʃom/ |
chôme /ʃom/ |
chômions /ʃo.mjɔ̃/ |
chômiez /ʃo.mje/ |
chôment /ʃom/ |
| imperfect2 | chômasse /ʃo.mas/ |
chômasses /ʃo.mas/ |
chômât /ʃo.ma/ |
chômassions /ʃo.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
chômassiez /ʃo.ma.sje/ |
chômassent /ʃo.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chôme /ʃom/ |
— | chômons /ʃo.mɔ̃/ |
chômez /ʃo.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
Further reading
- “chômer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.