paraffiner
English
Etymology
Noun
paraffiner (plural paraffiners)
- A machine for sealing a product in paraffin wax.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.ʁa.fi.ne/
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Verb
paraffiner
- to paraffin
Conjugation
Conjugation of paraffiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | paraffiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | paraffinant /pa.ʁa.fi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | paraffiné /pa.ʁa.fi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | paraffine /pa.ʁa.fin/ |
paraffines /pa.ʁa.fin/ |
paraffine /pa.ʁa.fin/ |
paraffinons /pa.ʁa.fi.nɔ̃/ |
paraffinez /pa.ʁa.fi.ne/ |
paraffinent /pa.ʁa.fin/ |
| imperfect | paraffinais /pa.ʁa.fi.nɛ/ |
paraffinais /pa.ʁa.fi.nɛ/ |
paraffinait /pa.ʁa.fi.nɛ/ |
paraffinions /pa.ʁa.fi.njɔ̃/ |
paraffiniez /pa.ʁa.fi.nje/ |
paraffinaient /pa.ʁa.fi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | paraffinai /pa.ʁa.fi.ne/ |
paraffinas /pa.ʁa.fi.na/ |
paraffina /pa.ʁa.fi.na/ |
paraffinâmes /pa.ʁa.fi.nam/ |
paraffinâtes /pa.ʁa.fi.nat/ |
paraffinèrent /pa.ʁa.fi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | paraffinerai /pa.ʁa.fin.ʁe/ |
paraffineras /pa.ʁa.fin.ʁa/ |
paraffinera /pa.ʁa.fin.ʁa/ |
paraffinerons /pa.ʁa.fin.ʁɔ̃/ |
paraffinerez /pa.ʁa.fin.ʁe/ |
paraffineront /pa.ʁa.fin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | paraffinerais /pa.ʁa.fin.ʁɛ/ |
paraffinerais /pa.ʁa.fin.ʁɛ/ |
paraffinerait /pa.ʁa.fin.ʁɛ/ |
paraffinerions /pa.ʁa.fi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
paraffineriez /pa.ʁa.fi.nə.ʁje/ |
paraffineraient /pa.ʁa.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 | paraffine /pa.ʁa.fin/ |
paraffines /pa.ʁa.fin/ |
paraffine /pa.ʁa.fin/ |
paraffinions /pa.ʁa.fi.njɔ̃/ |
paraffiniez /pa.ʁa.fi.nje/ |
paraffinent /pa.ʁa.fin/ |
| imperfect2 | paraffinasse /pa.ʁa.fi.nas/ |
paraffinasses /pa.ʁa.fi.nas/ |
paraffinât /pa.ʁa.fi.na/ |
paraffinassions /pa.ʁa.fi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
paraffinassiez /pa.ʁa.fi.na.sje/ |
paraffinassent /pa.ʁa.fi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | paraffine /pa.ʁa.fin/ |
— | paraffinons /pa.ʁa.fi.nɔ̃/ |
paraffinez /pa.ʁa.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “paraffiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.