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Webster 1913 Edition
Fumer
Fum′er
,Noun.
1.
One that fumes.
2.
One who makes or uses perfumes.
[Obs.]
Embroiderers, feather makers,
fumers
. Beau. & Fl.
Definition 2024
fumer
fumer
See also: fümer
French
Etymology
From Latin fūmāre, present active infinitive of fūmō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.me/
Verb
fumer
- (transitive, intransitive) to smoke
- (intransitive) to emit smoke
- (intransitive) to steam
- 1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, ISBN 978-2-228-89401-2, p. 164
- J'en ressortais vers six heures, léger, lavé jusqu'à l'âme et fumant dans le froid comme un torchon mouillé.
- — I would re-emerge at about six o'clock, light and clean right through to the spirit, and steaming in the cold like a damp dishcloth. — 1992, Robyn Marsack (trans.), The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland, ISBN 978-1-78060-090-1
- J'en ressortais vers six heures, léger, lavé jusqu'à l'âme et fumant dans le froid comme un torchon mouillé.
- 1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, ISBN 978-2-228-89401-2, p. 164
Conjugation
Conjugation of fumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fumer | avoir fumé | |||||
| gerund | en fumant | en ayant fumé | |||||
| present participle | fumant /fy.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fumé /fy.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fume /fym/ |
fumes /fym/ |
fume /fym/ |
fumons /fy.mɔ̃/ |
fumez /fy.me/ |
fument /fym/ |
| imperfect | fumais /fy.mɛ/ |
fumais /fy.mɛ/ |
fumait /fy.mɛ/ |
fumions /fy.mjɔ̃/ |
fumiez /fy.mje/ |
fumaient /fy.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | fumai /fy.me/ |
fumas /fy.ma/ |
fuma /fy.ma/ |
fumâmes /fy.mam/ |
fumâtes /fy.mat/ |
fumèrent /fy.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | fumerai /fym.ʁe/ |
fumeras /fym.ʁa/ |
fumera /fym.ʁa/ |
fumerons /fym.ʁɔ̃/ |
fumerez /fym.ʁe/ |
fumeront /fym.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | fumerais /fym.ʁɛ/ |
fumerais /fym.ʁɛ/ |
fumerait /fym.ʁɛ/ |
fumerions /fy.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fumeriez /fy.mə.ʁje/ |
fumeraient /fym.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fume /fym/ |
fumes /fym/ |
fume /fym/ |
fumions /fy.mjɔ̃/ |
fumiez /fy.mje/ |
fument /fym/ |
| imperfect1 |
fumasse /fy.mas/ |
fumasses /fy.mas/ |
fumât /fy.ma/ |
fumassions /fy.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
fumassiez /fy.ma.sje/ |
fumassent /fy.mas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | fume /fym/ |
— | fumons /fy.mɔ̃/ |
fumez /fy.me/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
to smoke
Anagrams
Middle French
Verb
fumer
- to smoke (cook using smoke)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of fumer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fumer | avoir fumé | |||||
| gerund | en fumant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | fumant | ||||||
| past participle | fumé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | fume | fumes | fume | fumons | fumez | fument |
| imperfect | fumois, fumoys | fumois, fumoys | fumoit, fumoyt | fumions, fumyons | fumiez, fumyez | fumoient, fumoyent | |
| past historic | fuma | fumas | fuma | fumasmes | fumastes | fumerent | |
| future | fumerai, fumeray | fumeras | fumera | fumerons | fumerez | fumeront | |
| conditional | fumerois, fumeroys | fumerois, fumeroys | fumeroit, fumeroyt | fumerions, fumeryons | fumeriez, fumeryez | fumeroient, fumeroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | fume | fumes | fume | fumons | fumez | fument |
| imperfect | fumasse | fumasses | fumast | fumassions | fumassiez | fumassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | fume | — | fumons | fumez | — | ||