profiter: conjugation and meaning · How to Learn French

Conjugations

All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to make the most of.”

Present Présent

Habits, current states, and actions happening now.

profiter: Present, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	profite	I make the most of
tu	profites	you make the most of
il / elle / on	profite	he / she / it makes the most ofon: we make the most of / one makes the most of
nous	profitons	we make the most of
vous	profitez	you make the most of
ils / elles	profitent	they make the most of

IN A SENTENCEPresent example

Paul profite du beau temps.

Paul makes the most of the good weather.

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Passé composé

Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.

profiter: Passé composé, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	ai profité	I made the most of
tu	as profité	you made the most of
il / elle / on	a profité	he / she / it made the most ofon: we made the most of / one made the most of
nous	avons profité	we made the most of
vous	avez profité	you made the most of
ils / elles	ont profité	they made the most of

IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example

Hier, Paul a profité du beau temps.

Yesterday, Paul made the most of the good weather.

The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.

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Imperfect Imparfait

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

profiter: Imperfect, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	profitais	I used to make the most of
tu	profitais	you used to make the most of
il / elle / on	profitait	he / she / it used to make the most ofon: we used to make the most of / one used to make the most of
nous	profitions	we used to make the most of
vous	profitiez	you used to make the most of
ils / elles	profitaient	they used to make the most of

IN A SENTENCEImperfect example

Autrefois, Paul profitait du beau temps.

Back then, Paul used to make the most of the good weather.

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Future Futur simple

Future events and predictions.

profiter: Future, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	profiterai	I will make the most of
tu	profiteras	you will make the most of
il / elle / on	profitera	he / she / it will make the most ofon: we will make the most of / one will make the most of
nous	profiterons	we will make the most of
vous	profiterez	you will make the most of
ils / elles	profiteront	they will make the most of

IN A SENTENCEFuture example

Plus tard, Paul profitera du beau temps.

Later, Paul will make the most of the good weather.

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Conditional Conditionnel présent

Hypothetical events and polite requests.

profiter: Conditional, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	profiterais	I would make the most of
tu	profiterais	you would make the most of
il / elle / on	profiterait	he / she / it would make the most ofon: we would make the most of / one would make the most of
nous	profiterions	we would make the most of
vous	profiteriez	you would make the most of
ils / elles	profiteraient	they would make the most of

IN A SENTENCEConditional example

Paul profiterait du beau temps.

Paul would make the most of the good weather.

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Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent

Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.

profiter: Present subjunctive, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	profite	(that) I make the most of
tu	profites	(that) you make the most of
il / elle / on	profite	(that) he / she / it makes the most ofon: (that) we make the most of / one makes the most of
nous	profitions	(that) we make the most of
vous	profitiez	(that) you make the most of
ils / elles	profitent	(that) they make the most of

IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example

Il est possible que Paul profite du beau temps.

It is possible that Paul makes the most of the good weather.

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French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”

Meaning & usage

to take advantage of, make the most of, enjoy
to be profitable or beneficial
to thrive, do well; wear well (of clothes); to soak up (sun, atmosphere)

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations