affermir in French dictionary

  • affermir

    Meanings and definitions of "affermir"

    • Rendre plus fort, plus ferme.

    Synonyms of "affermir" in French dictionary

    aguerrir, mettre, assurer are the top synonyms of "affermir" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of affermir

    • (Verb) This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.    Conjugation of affermir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive affermir avoir affermi
      gerund en affermissant en ayant affermi
      present participle affermissant
      past participle affermi
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present affermis affermis affermit affermissons affermissez affermissent
      imperfect affermissais affermissais affermissait affermissions affermissiez affermissaient
      past historic1 affermis affermis affermit affermîmes affermîtes affermirent
      future affermirai affermiras affermira affermirons affermirez affermiront
      conditional affermirais affermirais affermirait affermirions affermiriez affermiraient
      compoundtenses present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simpletenses present affermisse affermisses affermisse affermissions affermissiez affermissent
      imperfect1 affermisse affermisses affermît affermissions affermissiez affermissent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — affermis — affermissons affermissez —
      1literary tenses
    • This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-. Conjugation of affermir
      simple compound
      infinitive affermir avoir affermi
      gerund en affermissant en ayant affermi
      present participle affermissant
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɑ̃/
      past participle affermi
      /a.fɛʁ.mi/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present affermis
      /a.fɛʁ.mi/       		affermis
      /a.fɛʁ.mi/       		affermit
      /a.fɛʁ.mi/       		affermissons
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɔ̃/       		affermissez
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.se/       		affermissent
      /a.fɛʁ.mis/
      imperfect affermissais
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɛ/       		affermissais
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɛ/       		affermissait
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɛ/       		affermissions
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/       		affermissiez
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sje/       		affermissaient
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɛ/
      past historic1 affermis
      /a.fɛʁ.mi/       		affermis
      /a.fɛʁ.mi/       		affermit
      /a.fɛʁ.mi/       		affermîmes
      /a.fɛʁ.mim/       		affermîtes
      /a.fɛʁ.mit/       		affermirent
      /a.fɛʁ.miʁ/
      future affermirai
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁe/       		affermiras
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁa/       		affermira
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁa/       		affermirons
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɔ̃/       		affermirez
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁe/       		affermiront
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɔ̃/
      conditional affermirais
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɛ/       		affermirais
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɛ/       		affermirait
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɛ/       		affermirions
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁjɔ̃/       		affermiriez
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁje/       		affermiraient
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɛ/
      compound
      tenses       		present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simple
      tenses       		present affermisse
      /a.fɛʁ.mis/       		affermisses
      /a.fɛʁ.mis/       		affermisse
      /a.fɛʁ.mis/       		affermissions
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/       		affermissiez
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sje/       		affermissent
      /a.fɛʁ.mis/
      imperfect1 affermisse
      /a.fɛʁ.mis/       		affermisses
      /a.fɛʁ.mis/       		affermît
      /a.fɛʁ.mi/       		affermissions
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/       		affermissiez
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sje/       		affermissent
      /a.fɛʁ.mis/
      compound
      tenses       		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — affermis
      /a.fɛʁ.mi/       		— affermissons
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɔ̃/       		affermissez
      /a.fɛʁ.mi.se/       		—
      1literary tenses

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