gommer

See also: gömmer

French

Etymology

From gomme +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ.me/

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Verb

gommer

1. to gum
2. to erase, rub out

Conjugation

Conjugation of gommer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gommer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gommant /ɡɔ.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gommé /ɡɔ.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gomme /ɡɔm/	gommes /ɡɔm/	gomme /ɡɔm/	gommons /ɡɔ.mɔ̃/	gommez /ɡɔ.me/	gomment /ɡɔm/
	imperfect	gommais /ɡɔ.mɛ/	gommais /ɡɔ.mɛ/	gommait /ɡɔ.mɛ/	gommions /ɡɔ.mjɔ̃/	gommiez /ɡɔ.mje/	gommaient /ɡɔ.mɛ/
	past historic2	gommai /ɡɔ.me/	gommas /ɡɔ.ma/	gomma /ɡɔ.ma/	gommâmes /ɡɔ.mam/	gommâtes /ɡɔ.mat/	gommèrent /ɡɔ.mɛʁ/
	future	gommerai /ɡɔm.ʁe/	gommeras /ɡɔm.ʁa/	gommera /ɡɔm.ʁa/	gommerons /ɡɔm.ʁɔ̃/	gommerez /ɡɔm.ʁe/	gommeront /ɡɔm.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gommerais /ɡɔm.ʁɛ/	gommerais /ɡɔm.ʁɛ/	gommerait /ɡɔm.ʁɛ/	gommerions /ɡɔ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	gommeriez /ɡɔ.mə.ʁje/	gommeraient /ɡɔm.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	gomme /ɡɔm/	gommes /ɡɔm/	gomme /ɡɔm/	gommions /ɡɔ.mjɔ̃/	gommiez /ɡɔ.mje/	gomment /ɡɔm/
	imperfect2	gommasse /ɡɔ.mas/	gommasses /ɡɔ.mas/	gommât /ɡɔ.ma/	gommassions /ɡɔ.ma.sjɔ̃/	gommassiez /ɡɔ.ma.sje/	gommassent /ɡɔ.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gomme /ɡɔm/	—	gommons /ɡɔ.mɔ̃/	gommez /ɡɔ.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).

Further reading

• “gommer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012