fromager
See also: Fromager
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
English fromager
Borrowed from French fromager.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frɒməˈʒeɪ/
Noun
fromager (plural fromagers)
- A cheese merchant.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
cheese seller — see cheesemonger
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁɔ.ma.ʒe/
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Etymology 1
From fromage (“cheese”) + -er.
Adjective
fromager (feminine fromagère, masculine plural fromagers, feminine plural fromagères)
- related to cheese making, especially the industry
Noun
fromager m (plural fromagers, feminine fromagère)
- cheesemonger, one who sells cheese
- cheesemaker, one who makes cheese
- Synonym: fromagier
Descendants
- English: fromager
Noun
fromager m (plural fromagers)
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From fromage (“cheese”) + -er.
Verb
fromager
- to add cheese to
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written fromage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of fromager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | fromager | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | fromageant /fʁɔ.ma.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | fromagé /fʁɔ.ma.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | fromage /fʁɔ.maʒ/ |
fromages /fʁɔ.maʒ/ |
fromage /fʁɔ.maʒ/ |
fromageons /fʁɔ.ma.ʒɔ̃/ |
fromagez /fʁɔ.ma.ʒe/ |
fromagent /fʁɔ.maʒ/ |
| imperfect | fromageais /fʁɔ.ma.ʒɛ/ |
fromageais /fʁɔ.ma.ʒɛ/ |
fromageait /fʁɔ.ma.ʒɛ/ |
fromagions /fʁɔ.ma.ʒjɔ̃/ |
fromagiez /fʁɔ.ma.ʒje/ |
fromageaient /fʁɔ.ma.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | fromageai /fʁɔ.ma.ʒe/ |
fromageas /fʁɔ.ma.ʒa/ |
fromagea /fʁɔ.ma.ʒa/ |
fromageâmes /fʁɔ.ma.ʒam/ |
fromageâtes /fʁɔ.ma.ʒat/ |
fromagèrent /fʁɔ.ma.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | fromagerai /fʁɔ.maʒ.ʁe/ |
fromageras /fʁɔ.maʒ.ʁa/ |
fromagera /fʁɔ.maʒ.ʁa/ |
fromagerons /fʁɔ.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
fromagerez /fʁɔ.maʒ.ʁe/ |
fromageront /fʁɔ.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | fromagerais /fʁɔ.maʒ.ʁɛ/ |
fromagerais /fʁɔ.maʒ.ʁɛ/ |
fromagerait /fʁɔ.maʒ.ʁɛ/ |
fromagerions /fʁɔ.ma.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fromageriez /fʁɔ.ma.ʒə.ʁje/ |
fromageraient /fʁɔ.maʒ.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 | fromage /fʁɔ.maʒ/ |
fromages /fʁɔ.maʒ/ |
fromage /fʁɔ.maʒ/ |
fromagions /fʁɔ.ma.ʒjɔ̃/ |
fromagiez /fʁɔ.ma.ʒje/ |
fromagent /fʁɔ.maʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | fromageasse /fʁɔ.ma.ʒas/ |
fromageasses /fʁɔ.ma.ʒas/ |
fromageât /fʁɔ.ma.ʒa/ |
fromageassions /fʁɔ.ma.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
fromageassiez /fʁɔ.ma.ʒa.sje/ |
fromageassent /fʁɔ.ma.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fromage /fʁɔ.maʒ/ |
— | fromageons /fʁɔ.ma.ʒɔ̃/ |
fromagez /fʁɔ.ma.ʒe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “fromager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012