affûter
See also: affuter
French
Alternative forms
- affuter (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
Inherited from 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)
- 2021, Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad, Astérix et le Griffon [Asterix and the Griffin] (Asterix), Vanves: Les Éditions Albert René, →ISBN, page 18:
- C'est bon ! On a compris ! Venez les filles ! Allons au camp pour commencer à affûter nos flèches !
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Related terms
Further reading
- “affûter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.