affûter
See also: affuter
French
Alternative forms
- affuter (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
Old French afuster. Equivalent to a- + fût + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fy.te/
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Verb
affûter
- (transitive) to sharpen; to whet (e.g. a tool)
- (transitive) to hone (a skill)
- (slang, rare, transitive) to eat
- (slang, rare, transitive) to dance
- (archaic, transitive, of a cannon) to mount on a gun carriage
Conjugation
Conjugation of affûter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | affûter | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- affûtage
- affûteur
Related terms
- fût
- affûtiau
Further reading
- “affûter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.