chômer

French

Etymology

Late Latin caumāre, present active infinitive of caumō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃome/

Verb

chômer

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of chômer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		chômer			avoir chômé
gerund		en chômant			en ayant chômé
present participle		chômant
past participle		chômé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	chôme	chômes	chôme	chômons	chômez	chôment
	imperfect	chômais	chômais	chômait	chômions	chômiez	chômaient
	past historic1	chômai	chômas	chôma	chômâmes	chômâtes	chômèrent
	future	chômerai	chômeras	chômera	chômerons	chômerez	chômeront
	conditional	chômerais	chômerais	chômerait	chômerions	chômeriez	chômeraient
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	chôme	chômes	chôme	chômions	chômiez	chôment
	imperfect1	chômasse	chômasses	chômât	chômassions	chômassiez	chômassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	chôme	—	chômons	chômez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• chômage
• chômeur

Anagrams

• chrome