parfumer

French

Etymology

From Middle French parfumer, probably borrowed from Old Occitan parfumer or Italian perfumare, from Latin per- + fumāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.fy.me/

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Verb

parfumer

1. to perfume (to apply a scent)

Conjugation

Conjugation of parfumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	parfumer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	parfumant /paʁ.fy.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		parfumé /paʁ.fy.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	parfume /paʁ.fym/	parfumes /paʁ.fym/	parfume /paʁ.fym/	parfumons /paʁ.fy.mɔ̃/	parfumez /paʁ.fy.me/	parfument /paʁ.fym/
	imperfect	parfumais /paʁ.fy.mɛ/	parfumais /paʁ.fy.mɛ/	parfumait /paʁ.fy.mɛ/	parfumions /paʁ.fy.mjɔ̃/	parfumiez /paʁ.fy.mje/	parfumaient /paʁ.fy.mɛ/
	past historic2	parfumai /paʁ.fy.me/	parfumas /paʁ.fy.ma/	parfuma /paʁ.fy.ma/	parfumâmes /paʁ.fy.mam/	parfumâtes /paʁ.fy.mat/	parfumèrent /paʁ.fy.mɛʁ/
	future	parfumerai /paʁ.fym.ʁe/	parfumeras /paʁ.fym.ʁa/	parfumera /paʁ.fym.ʁa/	parfumerons /paʁ.fym.ʁɔ̃/	parfumerez /paʁ.fym.ʁe/	parfumeront /paʁ.fym.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	parfumerais /paʁ.fym.ʁɛ/	parfumerais /paʁ.fym.ʁɛ/	parfumerait /paʁ.fym.ʁɛ/	parfumerions /paʁ.fy.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	parfumeriez /paʁ.fy.mə.ʁje/	parfumeraient /paʁ.fym.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	parfume /paʁ.fym/	parfumes /paʁ.fym/	parfume /paʁ.fym/	parfumions /paʁ.fy.mjɔ̃/	parfumiez /paʁ.fy.mje/	parfument /paʁ.fym/
	imperfect2	parfumasse /paʁ.fy.mas/	parfumasses /paʁ.fy.mas/	parfumât /paʁ.fy.ma/	parfumassions /paʁ.fy.ma.sjɔ̃/	parfumassiez /paʁ.fy.ma.sje/	parfumassent /paʁ.fy.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	parfume /paʁ.fym/	—	parfumons /paʁ.fy.mɔ̃/	parfumez /paʁ.fy.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).

Derived terms

• parfum

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Occitan parfumer or Italian perfumare, from Latin per- + fumāre.

Verb

parfumer

1. to perfume (to apply a scent)

Conjugation

Conjugation of parfumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	parfumer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	parfumant /paʁ.fy.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		parfumé /paʁ.fy.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	parfume /paʁ.fym/	parfumes /paʁ.fym/	parfume /paʁ.fym/	parfumons /paʁ.fy.mɔ̃/	parfumez /paʁ.fy.me/	parfument /paʁ.fym/
	imperfect	parfumais /paʁ.fy.mɛ/	parfumais /paʁ.fy.mɛ/	parfumait /paʁ.fy.mɛ/	parfumions /paʁ.fy.mjɔ̃/	parfumiez /paʁ.fy.mje/	parfumaient /paʁ.fy.mɛ/
	past historic2	parfumai /paʁ.fy.me/	parfumas /paʁ.fy.ma/	parfuma /paʁ.fy.ma/	parfumâmes /paʁ.fy.mam/	parfumâtes /paʁ.fy.mat/	parfumèrent /paʁ.fy.mɛʁ/
	future	parfumerai /paʁ.fym.ʁe/	parfumeras /paʁ.fym.ʁa/	parfumera /paʁ.fym.ʁa/	parfumerons /paʁ.fym.ʁɔ̃/	parfumerez /paʁ.fym.ʁe/	parfumeront /paʁ.fym.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	parfumerais /paʁ.fym.ʁɛ/	parfumerais /paʁ.fym.ʁɛ/	parfumerait /paʁ.fym.ʁɛ/	parfumerions /paʁ.fy.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	parfumeriez /paʁ.fy.mə.ʁje/	parfumeraient /paʁ.fym.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	parfume /paʁ.fym/	parfumes /paʁ.fym/	parfume /paʁ.fym/	parfumions /paʁ.fy.mjɔ̃/	parfumiez /paʁ.fy.mje/	parfument /paʁ.fym/
	imperfect2	parfumasse /paʁ.fy.mas/	parfumasses /paʁ.fy.mas/	parfumât /paʁ.fy.ma/	parfumassions /paʁ.fy.ma.sjɔ̃/	parfumassiez /paʁ.fy.ma.sje/	parfumassent /paʁ.fy.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	parfume /paʁ.fym/	—	parfumons /paʁ.fy.mɔ̃/	parfumez /paʁ.fy.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).

Derived terms

• parfum

Descendants

• French: parfumer