affaisser
French
Etymology
a- (“to place under”) + faix (“load”) + -er, referring to the fact, under the weight of a load, something might bend and collapse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fɛ.se/, /a.fe.se/
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Verb
affaisser
- (transitive) to cause to subside
- (reflexive) to subside, go down, sink
- (reflexive) to cave in, sag, give way, collapse
- (reflexive) to ebb, weaken
Conjugation
Conjugation of affaisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | affaisser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | affaissant /a.fɛ.sɑ̃/ or /a.fe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | affaissé /a.fɛ.se/ or /a.fe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | affaisse /a.fɛs/ | affaisses /a.fɛs/ | affaisse /a.fɛs/ | affaissons /a.fɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.fe.sɔ̃/ | affaissez /a.fɛ.se/ or /a.fe.se/ | affaissent /a.fɛs/ |
| imperfect | affaissais /a.fɛ.sɛ/ or /a.fe.sɛ/ | affaissais /a.fɛ.sɛ/ or /a.fe.sɛ/ | affaissait /a.fɛ.sɛ/ or /a.fe.sɛ/ | affaissions /a.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.fe.sjɔ̃/ | affaissiez /a.fɛ.sje/ or /a.fe.sje/ | affaissaient /a.fɛ.sɛ/ or /a.fe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | affaissai /a.fɛ.se/ or /a.fe.se/ | affaissas /a.fɛ.sa/ or /a.fe.sa/ | affaissa /a.fɛ.sa/ or /a.fe.sa/ | affaissâmes /a.fɛ.sam/ or /a.fe.sam/ | affaissâtes /a.fɛ.sat/ or /a.fe.sat/ | affaissèrent /a.fɛ.sɛʁ/ or /a.fe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | affaisserai /a.fɛ.sʁe/ or /a.fe.sʁe/ | affaisseras /a.fɛ.sʁa/ or /a.fe.sʁa/ | affaissera /a.fɛ.sʁa/ or /a.fe.sʁa/ | affaisserons /a.fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.fe.sʁɔ̃/ | affaisserez /a.fɛ.sʁe/ or /a.fe.sʁe/ | affaisseront /a.fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.fe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | affaisserais /a.fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.fe.sʁɛ/ | affaisserais /a.fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.fe.sʁɛ/ | affaisserait /a.fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.fe.sʁɛ/ | affaisserions /a.fɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.fe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | affaisseriez /a.fɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /a.fe.sə.ʁje/ | affaisseraient /a.fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.fe.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | affaisse /a.fɛs/ | affaisses /a.fɛs/ | affaisse /a.fɛs/ | affaissions /a.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.fe.sjɔ̃/ | affaissiez /a.fɛ.sje/ or /a.fe.sje/ | affaissent /a.fɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | affaissasse /a.fɛ.sas/ or /a.fe.sas/ | affaissasses /a.fɛ.sas/ or /a.fe.sas/ | affaissât /a.fɛ.sa/ or /a.fe.sa/ | affaissassions /a.fɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.fe.sa.sjɔ̃/ | affaissassiez /a.fɛ.sa.sje/ or /a.fe.sa.sje/ | affaissassent /a.fɛ.sas/ or /a.fe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | affaisse /a.fɛs/ | — | affaissons /a.fɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.fe.sɔ̃/ | affaissez /a.fɛ.se/ or /a.fe.se/ | — | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “affaisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.