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profiter
profiter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɔfite/
Verb
profiter
- (intransitive) to take advantage, make the most (+ de)
- (intransitive) to be profitable or beneficial (+ à)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to thrive, do well; (of clothes) wear well
Conjugation
Conjugation of profiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | profiter | avoir profité | |||||
| gerund | en profitant | en ayant profité | |||||
| present participle | profitant /pʁɔ.fi.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | profité /pʁɔ.fi.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | profite /pʁɔ.fit/ |
profites /pʁɔ.fit/ |
profite /pʁɔ.fit/ |
profitons /pʁɔ.fi.tɔ̃/ |
profitez /pʁɔ.fi.te/ |
profitent /pʁɔ.fit/ |
| imperfect | profitais /pʁɔ.fi.tɛ/ |
profitais /pʁɔ.fi.tɛ/ |
profitait /pʁɔ.fi.tɛ/ |
profitions /pʁɔ.fi.tjɔ̃/ |
profitiez /pʁɔ.fi.tje/ |
profitaient /pʁɔ.fi.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | profitai /pʁɔ.fi.te/ |
profitas /pʁɔ.fi.ta/ |
profita /pʁɔ.fi.ta/ |
profitâmes /pʁɔ.fi.tam/ |
profitâtes /pʁɔ.fi.tat/ |
profitèrent /pʁɔ.fi.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | profiterai /pʁɔ.fi.tʁe/ |
profiteras /pʁɔ.fi.tʁa/ |
profitera /pʁɔ.fi.tʁa/ |
profiterons /pʁɔ.fi.tʁɔ̃/ |
profiterez /pʁɔ.fi.tʁe/ |
profiteront /pʁɔ.fi.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | profiterais /pʁɔ.fi.tʁɛ/ |
profiterais /pʁɔ.fi.tʁɛ/ |
profiterait /pʁɔ.fi.tʁɛ/ |
profiterions /pʁɔ.fi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
profiteriez /pʁɔ.fi.tə.ʁje/ |
profiteraient /pʁɔ.fi.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | profite /pʁɔ.fit/ |
profites /pʁɔ.fit/ |
profite /pʁɔ.fit/ |
profitions /pʁɔ.fi.tjɔ̃/ |
profitiez /pʁɔ.fi.tje/ |
profitent /pʁɔ.fit/ |
| imperfect1 |
profitasse /pʁɔ.fi.tas/ |
profitasses /pʁɔ.fi.tas/ |
profitât /pʁɔ.fi.ta/ |
profitassions /pʁɔ.fi.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
profitassiez /pʁɔ.fi.ta.sje/ |
profitassent /pʁɔ.fi.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | profite /pʁɔ.fit/ |
— | profitons /pʁɔ.fi.tɔ̃/ |
profitez /pʁɔ.fi.te/ |
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