profiter
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
profiter (plural profiters)
- One who profits.
Hyponyms edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
profiter
- (transitive with de) to take advantage of, make the most of, enjoy
- (transitive with à) to be profitable or beneficial
- bien mal acquis ne profite jamais ― ill-gotten gains never prosper
- (intransitive, colloquial) to thrive, do well; (of clothes) wear well, soak up (sun, atmosphere)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of profiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | profiter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | profitant /pʁɔ.fi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | profité /pʁɔ.fi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | profitai /pʁɔ.fi.te/ |
profitas /pʁɔ.fi.ta/ |
profita /pʁɔ.fi.ta/ |
profitâmes /pʁɔ.fi.tam/ |
profitâtes /pʁɔ.fi.tat/ |
profitèrent /pʁɔ.fi.tɛʁ/ | |
| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| (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 | profite /pʁɔ.fit/ |
profites /pʁɔ.fit/ |
profite /pʁɔ.fit/ |
profitions /pʁɔ.fi.tjɔ̃/ |
profitiez /pʁɔ.fi.tje/ |
profitent /pʁɔ.fit/ |
| imperfect2 | 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/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | profite /pʁɔ.fit/ |
— | profitons /pʁɔ.fi.tɔ̃/ |
profitez /pʁɔ.fi.te/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
- profiter
Further reading edit
- “profiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
profìtēr m (Cyrillic spelling профѝте̄р)
Declension edit
Declension of profiter
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | profìtēr | profiteri |
| genitive | profitéra | profitera |
| dative | profiteru | profiterima |
| accusative | profitera | profitere |
| vocative | profiteru | profiteri |
| locative | profiteru | profiterima |
| instrumental | profiterom | profiterima |
Swedish edit
Noun edit
profiter