humer

See also: húmer

French

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /y.me/

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Verb

humer

1. (transitive) to smell

Conjugation

Conjugation of humer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	humer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	humant /y.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		humé /y.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	hume /ym/	humes /ym/	hume /ym/	humons /y.mɔ̃/	humez /y.me/	hument /ym/
	imperfect	humais /y.mɛ/	humais /y.mɛ/	humait /y.mɛ/	humions /y.mjɔ̃/	humiez /y.mje/	humaient /y.mɛ/
	past historic2	humai /y.me/	humas /y.ma/	huma /y.ma/	humâmes /y.mam/	humâtes /y.mat/	humèrent /y.mɛʁ/
	future	humerai /ym.ʁe/	humeras /ym.ʁa/	humera /ym.ʁa/	humerons /ym.ʁɔ̃/	humerez /ym.ʁe/	humeront /ym.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	humerais /ym.ʁɛ/	humerais /ym.ʁɛ/	humerait /ym.ʁɛ/	humerions /y.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	humeriez /y.mə.ʁje/	humeraient /ym.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	hume /ym/	humes /ym/	hume /ym/	humions /y.mjɔ̃/	humiez /y.mje/	hument /ym/
	imperfect2	humasse /y.mas/	humasses /y.mas/	humât /y.ma/	humassions /y.ma.sjɔ̃/	humassiez /y.ma.sje/	humassent /y.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	hume /ym/	—	humons /y.mɔ̃/	humez /y.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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rhume

Latin

Verb

humer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of humō

Middle English

Noun

humer

1. Alternative form of humour