despumer

French

Etymology

From Latin dēspūmāre (“to skim (off) (froth), to settle (stop frothing)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs.py.me/

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Verb

despumer

1. Synonym of écumer
   • Olivier de Serres, 936 :

     Meslés y autant de bon miel despumé qu’il sera requis pour en faire syrop.

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Conjugation

Conjugation of despumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	despumer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	despumant /dɛs.py.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		despumé /dɛs.py.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	despume /dɛs.pym/	despumes /dɛs.pym/	despume /dɛs.pym/	despumons /dɛs.py.mɔ̃/	despumez /dɛs.py.me/	despument /dɛs.pym/
	imperfect	despumais /dɛs.py.mɛ/	despumais /dɛs.py.mɛ/	despumait /dɛs.py.mɛ/	despumions /dɛs.py.mjɔ̃/	despumiez /dɛs.py.mje/	despumaient /dɛs.py.mɛ/
	past historic2	despumai /dɛs.py.me/	despumas /dɛs.py.ma/	despuma /dɛs.py.ma/	despumâmes /dɛs.py.mam/	despumâtes /dɛs.py.mat/	despumèrent /dɛs.py.mɛʁ/
	future	despumerai /dɛs.pym.ʁe/	despumeras /dɛs.pym.ʁa/	despumera /dɛs.pym.ʁa/	despumerons /dɛs.pym.ʁɔ̃/	despumerez /dɛs.pym.ʁe/	despumeront /dɛs.pym.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	despumerais /dɛs.pym.ʁɛ/	despumerais /dɛs.pym.ʁɛ/	despumerait /dɛs.pym.ʁɛ/	despumerions /dɛs.py.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	despumeriez /dɛs.py.mə.ʁje/	despumeraient /dɛs.pym.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	despume /dɛs.pym/	despumes /dɛs.pym/	despume /dɛs.pym/	despumions /dɛs.py.mjɔ̃/	despumiez /dɛs.py.mje/	despument /dɛs.pym/
	imperfect2	despumasse /dɛs.py.mas/	despumasses /dɛs.py.mas/	despumât /dɛs.py.ma/	despumassions /dɛs.py.ma.sjɔ̃/	despumassiez /dɛs.py.ma.sje/	despumassent /dɛs.py.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	despume /dɛs.pym/	—	despumons /dɛs.py.mɔ̃/	despumez /dɛs.py.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).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːsˈpuː.mer/, [d̪eːs̠ˈpuːmɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /desˈpu.mer/, [d̪esˈpuːmer]

Verb

dēspūmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēspūmō