affûter

See also: affuter

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French afuster. Equivalent to a- +‎ fût +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.fy.te/
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Verb

affûter

  1. (transitive) to sharpen; to whet (e.g. a tool)
  2. (transitive) to hone (a skill)
  3. (slang, rare, transitive) to eat
  4. (slang, rare, transitive) to dance
  5. (archaic, transitive, of a cannon) to mount on a gun carriage

Conjugation
Conjugation of affûter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affûter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affûtant
/a.fy.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affûté
/a.fy.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present affûte
/a.fyt/		 affûtes
/a.fyt/		 affûte
/a.fyt/		 affûtons
/a.fy.tɔ̃/		 affûtez
/a.fy.te/		 affûtent
/a.fyt/
imperfect affûtais
/a.fy.tɛ/		 affûtais
/a.fy.tɛ/		 affûtait
/a.fy.tɛ/		 affûtions
/a.fy.tjɔ̃/		 affûtiez
/a.fy.tje/		 affûtaient
/a.fy.tɛ/
past historic2 affûtai
/a.fy.te/		 affûtas
/a.fy.ta/		 affûta
/a.fy.ta/		 affûtâmes
/a.fy.tam/		 affûtâtes
/a.fy.tat/		 affûtèrent
/a.fy.tɛʁ/
future affûterai
/a.fy.tʁe/		 affûteras
/a.fy.tʁa/		 affûtera
/a.fy.tʁa/		 affûterons
/a.fy.tʁɔ̃/		 affûterez
/a.fy.tʁe/		 affûteront
/a.fy.tʁɔ̃/
conditional affûterais
/a.fy.tʁɛ/		 affûterais
/a.fy.tʁɛ/		 affûterait
/a.fy.tʁɛ/		 affûterions
/a.fy.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 affûteriez
/a.fy.tə.ʁje/		 affûteraient
/a.fy.tʁɛ/
(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 affûte
/a.fyt/		 affûtes
/a.fyt/		 affûte
/a.fyt/		 affûtions
/a.fy.tjɔ̃/		 affûtiez
/a.fy.tje/		 affûtent
/a.fyt/
imperfect2 affûtasse
/a.fy.tas/		 affûtasses
/a.fy.tas/		 affûtât
/a.fy.ta/		 affûtassions
/a.fy.ta.sjɔ̃/		 affûtassiez
/a.fy.ta.sje/		 affûtassent
/a.fy.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — affûte
/a.fyt/		 — affûtons
/a.fy.tɔ̃/		 affûtez
/a.fy.te/		 —
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).

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