affixer
English
Etymology
affix + -er
Noun
affixer (plural affixers)
- A person or thing that affixes.
- 1922, Ernest Bramah, Kai Lung's Golden Hours (page 102)
- Instead of retiring to his home he continued into the more reputable ways beyond, it then being about the hour at which the affixers of official notices were wont to display their energies.
- 1922, Ernest Bramah, Kai Lung's Golden Hours (page 102)
Anagrams
- reaffix
French
Etymology
From affixe + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fik.se/
Verb
affixer
- (grammar) to affix
Conjugation
Conjugation of affixer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | affixant /a.fik.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | affixé /a.fik.se/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | affixer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | affixant /a.fik.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | affixe /a.fiks/ | affixes /a.fiks/ | affixe /a.fiks/ | affixons /a.fik.sɔ̃/ | affixez /a.fik.se/ | affixent /a.fiks/ |
| imperfect | affixais /a.fik.sɛ/ | affixais /a.fik.sɛ/ | affixait /a.fik.sɛ/ | affixions /a.fik.sjɔ̃/ | affixiez /a.fik.sje/ | affixaient /a.fik.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | affixai /a.fik.se/ | affixas /a.fik.sa/ | affixa /a.fik.sa/ | affixâmes /a.fik.sam/ | affixâtes /a.fik.sat/ | affixèrent /a.fik.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | affixerai /a.fik.sə.ʁe/ | affixeras /a.fik.sə.ʁa/ | affixera /a.fik.sə.ʁa/ | affixerons /a.fik.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | affixerez /a.fik.sə.ʁe/ | affixeront /a.fik.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | affixerais /a.fik.sə.ʁɛ/ | affixerais /a.fik.sə.ʁɛ/ | affixerait /a.fik.sə.ʁɛ/ | affixerions /a.fik.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | affixeriez /a.fik.sə.ʁje/ | affixeraient /a.fik.sə.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 | affixe /a.fiks/ | affixes /a.fiks/ | affixe /a.fiks/ | affixions /a.fik.sjɔ̃/ | affixiez /a.fik.sje/ | affixent /a.fiks/ |
| imperfect2 | affixasse /a.fik.sas/ | affixasses /a.fik.sas/ | affixât /a.fik.sa/ | affixassions /a.fik.sa.sjɔ̃/ | affixassiez /a.fik.sa.sje/ | affixassent /a.fik.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | affixe /a.fiks/ | — | affixons /a.fik.sɔ̃/ | affixez /a.fik.se/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||