afficher
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French afichier (“to declare firmly”), equivalent to a- + ficher (“to fasten, fix, settle in”). More at fix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fi.ʃe/
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Verb
afficher
- (transitive) to put up (a notice etc)
- (transitive) to display
- (transitive) to show
- (transitive) to flaunt
- (computing) display
Conjugation
Conjugation of afficher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | afficher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | affichant /a.fi.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | affiché /a.fi.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | affiche /a.fiʃ/ |
affiches /a.fiʃ/ |
affiche /a.fiʃ/ |
affichons /a.fi.ʃɔ̃/ |
affichez /a.fi.ʃe/ |
affichent /a.fiʃ/ |
| imperfect | affichais /a.fi.ʃɛ/ |
affichais /a.fi.ʃɛ/ |
affichait /a.fi.ʃɛ/ |
affichions /a.fi.ʃjɔ̃/ |
affichiez /a.fi.ʃje/ |
affichaient /a.fi.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | affichai /a.fi.ʃe/ |
affichas /a.fi.ʃa/ |
afficha /a.fi.ʃa/ |
affichâmes /a.fi.ʃam/ |
affichâtes /a.fi.ʃat/ |
affichèrent /a.fi.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | afficherai /a.fiʃ.ʁe/ |
afficheras /a.fiʃ.ʁa/ |
affichera /a.fiʃ.ʁa/ |
afficherons /a.fiʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
afficherez /a.fiʃ.ʁe/ |
afficheront /a.fiʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | afficherais /a.fiʃ.ʁɛ/ |
afficherais /a.fiʃ.ʁɛ/ |
afficherait /a.fiʃ.ʁɛ/ |
afficherions /a.fi.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
afficheriez /a.fi.ʃə.ʁje/ |
afficheraient /a.fiʃ.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 | affiche /a.fiʃ/ |
affiches /a.fiʃ/ |
affiche /a.fiʃ/ |
affichions /a.fi.ʃjɔ̃/ |
affichiez /a.fi.ʃje/ |
affichent /a.fiʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | affichasse /a.fi.ʃas/ |
affichasses /a.fi.ʃas/ |
affichât /a.fi.ʃa/ |
affichassions /a.fi.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
affichassiez /a.fi.ʃa.sje/ |
affichassent /a.fi.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | affiche /a.fiʃ/ |
— | affichons /a.fi.ʃɔ̃/ |
affichez /a.fi.ʃe/ |
— | |
| 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
- “afficher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.