paumer
French
Etymology
From paume. Cognate to English palm.
Pronunciation
Verb
paumer
- (obsolete) to strike, hit
- (colloquial) to lose
Conjugation
Conjugation of paumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | paumer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | paumant /po.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | paumé /po.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | paume /pom/ |
paumes /pom/ |
paume /pom/ |
paumons /po.mɔ̃/ |
paumez /po.me/ |
paument /pom/ |
| imperfect | paumais /po.mɛ/ |
paumais /po.mɛ/ |
paumait /po.mɛ/ |
paumions /po.mjɔ̃/ |
paumiez /po.mje/ |
paumaient /po.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | paumai /po.me/ |
paumas /po.ma/ |
pauma /po.ma/ |
paumâmes /po.mam/ |
paumâtes /po.mat/ |
paumèrent /po.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | paumerai /pom.ʁe/ |
paumeras /pom.ʁa/ |
paumera /pom.ʁa/ |
paumerons /pom.ʁɔ̃/ |
paumerez /pom.ʁe/ |
paumeront /pom.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | paumerais /pom.ʁɛ/ |
paumerais /pom.ʁɛ/ |
paumerait /pom.ʁɛ/ |
paumerions /po.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
paumeriez /po.mə.ʁje/ |
paumeraient /pom.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 | paume /pom/ |
paumes /pom/ |
paume /pom/ |
paumions /po.mjɔ̃/ |
paumiez /po.mje/ |
paument /pom/ |
| imperfect2 | paumasse /po.mas/ |
paumasses /po.mas/ |
paumât /po.ma/ |
paumassions /po.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
paumassiez /po.ma.sje/ |
paumassent /po.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | paume /pom/ |
— | paumons /po.mɔ̃/ |
paumez /po.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
- “paumer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.