profiter
French, verb/pʁɔ.fi.te/
profiter is a French verb meaning “to take advantage of, make the most of, enjoy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tirer un émolument, faire un gain”.
What does profiter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take advantage of, make the most of, enjoy
- 2
to be profitable or beneficial
bien mal acquis ne profite jamais
- 3
colloquialto thrive, do well; wear well (of clothes); to soak up (sun, atmosphere)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tirer un émolument, faire un gain. 2. Tirer avantage, tirer parti de quelque chose que ce soit. 3. Faire du progrès en quelque chose, en vertu, en sagesse, en science. 4. Se développer, se fortifier, en parlant des personnes ou des animaux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of profiter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- profitant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- profité participle past
- profite first-person indicative present
- profites indicative present second-person
- profitons first-person indicative plural
- profitez indicative plural present
- profitent indicative plural present
- profitais first-person imperfect indicative
- profitait imperfect indicative singular
- profitions first-person imperfect indicative
- profitiez imperfect indicative plural
- profitaient imperfect indicative plural
- profitai first-person historic indicative
- profitas historic indicative past
- profita historic indicative past
- profitâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce profiter?
- /pʁɔ.fi.te/
- \pʁɔ.fi.te\
- [pʁɔ.fi.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to profiter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is profiter in French?
profiter appears 46 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).