affranchir

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

affranchir

1. (transitive) To free, liberate or enfranchise
2. (transitive) To frank (a letter)
3. (reflexive) To release or free oneself

Conjugation

• This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

   Conjugation of affranchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		affranchir			avoir affranchi
gerund		en affranchissant			en ayant affranchi
present participle		affranchissant
past participle		affranchi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	affranchis	affranchis	affranchit	affranchissons	affranchissez	affranchissent
	imperfect	affranchissais	affranchissais	affranchissait	affranchissions	affranchissiez	affranchissaient
	past historic1	affranchis	affranchis	affranchit	affranchîmes	affranchîtes	affranchirent
	future	affranchirai	affranchiras	affranchira	affranchirons	affranchirez	affranchiront
	conditional	affranchirais	affranchirais	affranchirait	affranchirions	affranchiriez	affranchiraient
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	affranchisse	affranchisses	affranchisse	affranchissions	affranchissiez	affranchissent
	imperfect1	affranchisse	affranchisses	affranchît	affranchissions	affranchissiez	affranchissent
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	–
		—	affranchis	—	affranchissons	affranchissez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• affranchissement