humecter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin humectāre.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /y.mɛk.te/

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Verb

humecter

1. to moisten (make slightly wet)

Conjugation

Conjugation of humecter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	humecter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	humectant /y.mɛk.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		humecté /y.mɛk.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	humecte /y.mɛkt/	humectes /y.mɛkt/	humecte /y.mɛkt/	humectons /y.mɛk.tɔ̃/	humectez /y.mɛk.te/	humectent /y.mɛkt/
	imperfect	humectais /y.mɛk.tɛ/	humectais /y.mɛk.tɛ/	humectait /y.mɛk.tɛ/	humections /y.mɛk.tjɔ̃/	humectiez /y.mɛk.tje/	humectaient /y.mɛk.tɛ/
	past historic2	humectai /y.mɛk.te/	humectas /y.mɛk.ta/	humecta /y.mɛk.ta/	humectâmes /y.mɛk.tam/	humectâtes /y.mɛk.tat/	humectèrent /y.mɛk.tɛʁ/
	future	humecterai /y.mɛk.tə.ʁe/	humecteras /y.mɛk.tə.ʁa/	humectera /y.mɛk.tə.ʁa/	humecterons /y.mɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/	humecterez /y.mɛk.tə.ʁe/	humecteront /y.mɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	humecterais /y.mɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	humecterais /y.mɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	humecterait /y.mɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	humecterions /y.mɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	humecteriez /y.mɛk.tə.ʁje/	humecteraient /y.mɛk.tə.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	humecte /y.mɛkt/	humectes /y.mɛkt/	humecte /y.mɛkt/	humections /y.mɛk.tjɔ̃/	humectiez /y.mɛk.tje/	humectent /y.mɛkt/
	imperfect2	humectasse /y.mɛk.tas/	humectasses /y.mɛk.tas/	humectât /y.mɛk.ta/	humectassions /y.mɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/	humectassiez /y.mɛk.ta.sje/	humectassent /y.mɛk.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	humecte /y.mɛkt/	—	humectons /y.mɛk.tɔ̃/	humectez /y.mɛk.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).

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

humecter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of humectō