humer
See also: húmer
French
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /y.me/
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Verb
humer
- (transitive) to smell
Conjugation
Conjugation of humer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | humer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | humant /y.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | humé /y.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | hume /ym/ |
humes /ym/ |
hume /ym/ |
humons /y.mɔ̃/ |
humez /y.me/ |
hument /ym/ |
| imperfect | humais /y.mɛ/ |
humais /y.mɛ/ |
humait /y.mɛ/ |
humions /y.mjɔ̃/ |
humiez /y.mje/ |
humaient /y.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | humai /y.me/ |
humas /y.ma/ |
huma /y.ma/ |
humâmes /y.mam/ |
humâtes /y.mat/ |
humèrent /y.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | humerai /ym.ʁe/ |
humeras /ym.ʁa/ |
humera /ym.ʁa/ |
humerons /ym.ʁɔ̃/ |
humerez /ym.ʁe/ |
humeront /ym.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | humerais /ym.ʁɛ/ |
humerais /ym.ʁɛ/ |
humerait /ym.ʁɛ/ |
humerions /y.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
humeriez /y.mə.ʁje/ |
humeraient /ym.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 | hume /ym/ |
humes /ym/ |
hume /ym/ |
humions /y.mjɔ̃/ |
humiez /y.mje/ |
hument /ym/ |
| imperfect2 | humasse /y.mas/ |
humasses /y.mas/ |
humât /y.ma/ |
humassions /y.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
humassiez /y.ma.sje/ |
humassent /y.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | hume /ym/ |
— | humons /y.mɔ̃/ |
humez /y.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “humer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
humer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of humō
Middle English
Noun
humer
- alternative form of humour