fromager

See also: Fromager

English

Etymology

From French fromager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɒməˈʒeɪ/

Noun

fromager (plural fromagers)

1. A cheese merchant.

Synonyms

• cheesemonger

Related terms

• fromage
• fromagerie
• fromagophile

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)

1. related to cheese making, especially the industry

Noun

fromager m (plural fromagers, feminine fromagère)

1. cheesemonger, one who sells cheese
2. cheesemaker, one who makes cheese

   Synonym: fromagier

Descendants

• English: fromager

Noun

fromager m (plural fromagers)

1. silk-cotton tree

Derived terms

• Fromager

See also

• affineur

Etymology 2

From fromage (“cheese”) +‎ -er.

Verb

fromager

1. 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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).

Related terms

• fromage
• fromagerie
• fromagier

Further reading

• “fromager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.