parfaire

French

Etymology

From par- +‎ faire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.fɛʁ/

Verb

parfaire

1. (literary) to finish, to complete

   Synonym: parachever

2. to make a supplementary payment

Conjugation

• This verb is very rare outside of compound tenses.

Conjugation of parfaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	parfaire
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	parfaisant /paʁ.fə.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		parfait /paʁ.fɛ/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	parfais /paʁ.fɛ/	parfais /paʁ.fɛ/	parfait /paʁ.fɛ/	parfaisons /paʁ.fə.zɔ̃/	parfaites /paʁ.fɛt/	parfont /paʁ.fɔ̃/
	imperfect	parfaisais /paʁ.fə.zɛ/	parfaisais /paʁ.fə.zɛ/	parfaisait /paʁ.fə.zɛ/	parfaisions /paʁ.fə.zjɔ̃/	parfaisiez /paʁ.fə.zje/	parfaisaient /paʁ.fə.zɛ/
	past historic2	parfis /paʁ.fi/	parfis /paʁ.fi/	parfit /paʁ.fi/	parfîmes /paʁ.fim/	parfîtes /paʁ.fit/	parfirent /paʁ.fiʁ/
	future	parferai /paʁ.fə.ʁe/	parferas /paʁ.fə.ʁa/	parfera /paʁ.fə.ʁa/	parferons /paʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/	parferez /paʁ.fə.ʁe/	parferont /paʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	parferais /paʁ.fə.ʁɛ/	parferais /paʁ.fə.ʁɛ/	parferait /paʁ.fə.ʁɛ/	parferions /paʁ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	parferiez /paʁ.fə.ʁje/	parferaient /paʁ.fə.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	parfasse /paʁ.fas/	parfasses /paʁ.fas/	parfasse /paʁ.fas/	parfassions /paʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/	parfassiez /paʁ.fa.sje/	parfassent /paʁ.fas/
	imperfect2	parfisse /paʁ.fis/	parfisses /paʁ.fis/	parfît /paʁ.fi/	parfissions /paʁ.fi.sjɔ̃/	parfissiez /paʁ.fi.sje/	parfissent /paʁ.fis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	parfais /paʁ.fɛ/	—	parfaisons /paʁ.fə.zɔ̃/	parfaites /paʁ.fɛt/	—
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

• parfait
• imparfait

Further reading

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

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Old French

Verb

parfaire

1. to perfect

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of parfaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		parfaire			avoir parfait
gerund		en parfaisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		parfaisant
past participle		parfait
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	parfaz, parfai	parfais	parfait	parfaimes, parfaisons	parfaites	parfont
	imperfect	parfaisoie, parfaiseie	parfaisoies, parfaiseies	parfaisoit, parfaiseit	parfaisiiens, parfaisiens	parfaisiiez, parfaisiez	parfaisoient, parfaiseient
	preterite	parfis	parfeṣis	parfist	parfeṣimes	parfeṣistes	parfirent
	future	parferai	parferas	parfera	parferons	parferoiz, parfereiz, parferez	parferont
	conditional	parferoie, parfereie	parferoies, parfereies	parferoit, parfereit	parferiiens, parferiens	parferiiez, parferiez	parferoient, parfereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	parface	parfaces	parface	parfaciens, parfaçons	parfaciez	parfacent
	imperfect	parfeṣisse	parfeṣisses	parfeṣist	parfeṣissons, parfeṣissiens	parfeṣissoiz, parfeṣissez, parfeṣissiez	parfeṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	parfa	—	parfaimes, parfaisons	parfaites	—

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (parfaire, supplement)