chômer

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See also: chomer

French

Alternative forms

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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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