profiter

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English

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Etymology

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From profit +‎ -er.

Noun

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profiter (plural profiters)

  1. One who profits.

Hyponyms

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Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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From profit +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.fi.te/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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profiter (intransitive)

  1. to take advantage of, make the most of, enjoy [with de]
  2. to be profitable or beneficial [with à]
    bien mal acquis ne profite jamais ― ill-gotten gains never prosper
  3. (colloquial) to thrive, do well; wear well (of clothes); to soak up (sun, atmosphere)

Conjugation

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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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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).

Derived terms

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  • profiter

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /profǐteːr/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧fi‧ter

Noun

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profìtēr m (Cyrillic spelling профѝте̄р)

  1. profiteer

Declension

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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

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Noun

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profiter

  1. indefinite plural of profit
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