chômer

See also: chomer

French

Alternative forms

• chomer

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin caumāre (“to rest during the heat”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo.me/

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Verb

chômer

1. to be idle
2. to be out of work

Conjugation

Conjugation of chômer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chômer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chômant /ʃo.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chômé /ʃo.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chôme /ʃom/	chômes /ʃom/	chôme /ʃom/	chômons /ʃo.mɔ̃/	chômez /ʃo.me/	chôment /ʃom/
	imperfect	chômais /ʃo.mɛ/	chômais /ʃo.mɛ/	chômait /ʃo.mɛ/	chômions /ʃo.mjɔ̃/	chômiez /ʃo.mje/	chômaient /ʃo.mɛ/
	past historic2	chômai /ʃo.me/	chômas /ʃo.ma/	chôma /ʃo.ma/	chômâmes /ʃo.mam/	chômâtes /ʃo.mat/	chômèrent /ʃo.mɛʁ/
	future	chômerai /ʃom.ʁe/	chômeras /ʃom.ʁa/	chômera /ʃom.ʁa/	chômerons /ʃom.ʁɔ̃/	chômerez /ʃom.ʁe/	chômeront /ʃom.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chômerais /ʃom.ʁɛ/	chômerais /ʃom.ʁɛ/	chômerait /ʃom.ʁɛ/	chômerions /ʃo.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	chômeriez /ʃo.mə.ʁje/	chômeraient /ʃom.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	chôme /ʃom/	chômes /ʃom/	chôme /ʃom/	chômions /ʃo.mjɔ̃/	chômiez /ʃo.mje/	chôment /ʃom/
	imperfect2	chômasse /ʃo.mas/	chômasses /ʃo.mas/	chômât /ʃo.ma/	chômassions /ʃo.ma.sjɔ̃/	chômassiez /ʃo.ma.sje/	chômassent /ʃo.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chôme /ʃom/	—	chômons /ʃo.mɔ̃/	chômez /ʃo.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

• chômage
• chômeur

Further reading

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

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