peaufiner
French
Etymology
From peau + fin + -er, 19th c..
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po.fi.ne/
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Verb
peaufiner
- to fine-tune
- Synonym: perfectionner
Conjugation
Conjugation of peaufiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | peaufiner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | peaufinant /po.fi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | peaufiné /po.fi.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | peaufine /po.fin/ | peaufines /po.fin/ | peaufine /po.fin/ | peaufinons /po.fi.nɔ̃/ | peaufinez /po.fi.ne/ | peaufinent /po.fin/ |
imperfect | peaufinais /po.fi.nɛ/ | peaufinais /po.fi.nɛ/ | peaufinait /po.fi.nɛ/ | peaufinions /po.fi.njɔ̃/ | peaufiniez /po.fi.nje/ | peaufinaient /po.fi.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | peaufinai /po.fi.ne/ | peaufinas /po.fi.na/ | peaufina /po.fi.na/ | peaufinâmes /po.fi.nam/ | peaufinâtes /po.fi.nat/ | peaufinèrent /po.fi.nɛʁ/ | |
future | peaufinerai /po.fin.ʁe/ | peaufineras /po.fin.ʁa/ | peaufinera /po.fin.ʁa/ | peaufinerons /po.fin.ʁɔ̃/ | peaufinerez /po.fin.ʁe/ | peaufineront /po.fin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | peaufinerais /po.fin.ʁɛ/ | peaufinerais /po.fin.ʁɛ/ | peaufinerait /po.fin.ʁɛ/ | peaufinerions /po.fi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | peaufineriez /po.fi.nə.ʁje/ | peaufineraient /po.fin.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 | peaufine /po.fin/ | peaufines /po.fin/ | peaufine /po.fin/ | peaufinions /po.fi.njɔ̃/ | peaufiniez /po.fi.nje/ | peaufinent /po.fin/ |
imperfect2 | peaufinasse /po.fi.nas/ | peaufinasses /po.fi.nas/ | peaufinât /po.fi.na/ | peaufinassions /po.fi.na.sjɔ̃/ | peaufinassiez /po.fi.na.sje/ | peaufinassent /po.fi.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | peaufine /po.fin/ | — | peaufinons /po.fi.nɔ̃/ | peaufinez /po.fi.ne/ | — | |
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
- peaufinage
- peaufinement
Further reading
- “peaufiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.