parfaire

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French

Etymology

From par- +‎ faire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁ.fɛʁ/
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Verb

parfaire

  1. (literary) to finish, to complete
    Synonym: parachever
  2. to make a supplementary payment

Conjugation

  • This verb is very rare outside of compound tenses.
Conjugation of parfaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple parfaire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple parfaisant
/paʁ.fə.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle parfait
/paʁ.fɛ/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present parfais
/paʁ.fɛ/ 		parfais
/paʁ.fɛ/ 		parfait
/paʁ.fɛ/ 		parfaisons
/paʁ.fə.zɔ̃/ 		parfaites
/paʁ.fɛt/ 		parfont
/paʁ.fɔ̃/
imperfect parfaisais
/paʁ.fə.zɛ/ 		parfaisais
/paʁ.fə.zɛ/ 		parfaisait
/paʁ.fə.zɛ/ 		parfaisions
/paʁ.fə.zjɔ̃/ 		parfaisiez
/paʁ.fə.zje/ 		parfaisaient
/paʁ.fə.zɛ/
past historic2 parfis
/paʁ.fi/ 		parfis
/paʁ.fi/ 		parfit
/paʁ.fi/ 		parfîmes
/paʁ.fim/ 		parfîtes
/paʁ.fit/ 		parfirent
/paʁ.fiʁ/
future parferai
/paʁ.fə.ʁe/ 		parferas
/paʁ.fə.ʁa/ 		parfera
/paʁ.fə.ʁa/ 		parferons
/paʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/ 		parferez
/paʁ.fə.ʁe/ 		parferont
/paʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional parferais
/paʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ 		parferais
/paʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ 		parferait
/paʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ 		parferions
/paʁ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		parferiez
/paʁ.fə.ʁje/ 		parferaient
/paʁ.fə.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 parfasse
/paʁ.fas/ 		parfasses
/paʁ.fas/ 		parfasse
/paʁ.fas/ 		parfassions
/paʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		parfassiez
/paʁ.fa.sje/ 		parfassent
/paʁ.fas/
imperfect2 parfisse
/paʁ.fis/ 		parfisses
/paʁ.fis/ 		parfît
/paʁ.fi/ 		parfissions
/paʁ.fi.sjɔ̃/ 		parfissiez
/paʁ.fi.sje/ 		parfissent
/paʁ.fis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — parfais
/paʁ.fɛ/ 		— parfaisons
/paʁ.fə.zɔ̃/ 		parfaites
/paʁ.fɛt/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Old French

Verb

parfaire

  1. to perfect

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of parfaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive parfaire avoir parfait
gerund en parfaisant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle parfaisant
past participle parfait
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present parfaz, parfai parfais parfait parfaimes, parfaisons parfaites parfont
imperfect parfaisoie, parfaiseie parfaisoies, parfaiseies parfaisoit, parfaiseit parfaisiiens, parfaisiens parfaisiiez, parfaisiez parfaisoient, parfaiseient
preterite parfis parfeṣis parfist parfeṣimes parfeṣistes parfirent
future parferai parferas parfera parferons parferoiz, parfereiz, parferez parferont
conditional parferoie, parfereie parferoies, parfereies parferoit, parfereit parferiiens, parferiens parferiiez, parferiez parferoient, parfereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present parface parfaces parface parfaciens, parfaçons parfaciez parfacent
imperfect parfeṣisse parfeṣisses parfeṣist parfeṣissons, parfeṣissiens parfeṣissoiz, parfeṣissez, parfeṣissiez parfeṣissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— parfa — parfaimes, parfaisons parfaites —

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (parfaire, supplement)
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