affiner

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.fi.ne/

Verb

affiner

1. to purify
2. to refine
3. to make finer

Derived terms

• raffiner

Conjugation

   Conjugation of affiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		affiner			avoir affiné
gerund		en affinant			en ayant affiné
present participle		affinant
past participle		affiné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	affine	affines	affine	affinons	affinez	affinent
	imperfect	affinais	affinais	affinait	affinions	affiniez	affinaient
	past historic1	affinai	affinas	affina	affinâmes	affinâtes	affinèrent
	future	affinerai	affineras	affinera	affinerons	affinerez	affineront
	conditional	affinerais	affinerais	affinerait	affinerions	affineriez	affineraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	affine	affines	affine	affinions	affiniez	affinent
	imperfect1	affinasse	affinasses	affinât	affinassions	affinassiez	affinassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	affine	—	affinons	affinez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• raffine, raffiné