rafiner

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French

Verb

rafiner

  1. Alternative form of raffiner

Conjugation

Conjugation of rafiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rafiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rafinant
/ʁa.fi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rafiné
/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 rafine
/ʁa.fin/ 		rafines
/ʁa.fin/ 		rafine
/ʁa.fin/ 		rafinons
/ʁa.fi.nɔ̃/ 		rafinez
/ʁa.fi.ne/ 		rafinent
/ʁa.fin/
imperfect rafinais
/ʁa.fi.nɛ/ 		rafinais
/ʁa.fi.nɛ/ 		rafinait
/ʁa.fi.nɛ/ 		rafinions
/ʁa.fi.njɔ̃/ 		rafiniez
/ʁa.fi.nje/ 		rafinaient
/ʁa.fi.nɛ/
past historic2 rafinai
/ʁa.fi.ne/ 		rafinas
/ʁa.fi.na/ 		rafina
/ʁa.fi.na/ 		rafinâmes
/ʁa.fi.nam/ 		rafinâtes
/ʁa.fi.nat/ 		rafinèrent
/ʁa.fi.nɛʁ/
future rafinerai
/ʁa.fin.ʁe/ 		rafineras
/ʁa.fin.ʁa/ 		rafinera
/ʁa.fin.ʁa/ 		rafinerons
/ʁa.fin.ʁɔ̃/ 		rafinerez
/ʁa.fin.ʁe/ 		rafineront
/ʁa.fin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rafinerais
/ʁa.fin.ʁɛ/ 		rafinerais
/ʁa.fin.ʁɛ/ 		rafinerait
/ʁa.fin.ʁɛ/ 		rafinerions
/ʁa.fi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rafineriez
/ʁa.fi.nə.ʁje/ 		rafineraient
/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 rafine
/ʁa.fin/ 		rafines
/ʁa.fin/ 		rafine
/ʁa.fin/ 		rafinions
/ʁa.fi.njɔ̃/ 		rafiniez
/ʁa.fi.nje/ 		rafinent
/ʁa.fin/
imperfect2 rafinasse
/ʁa.fi.nas/ 		rafinasses
/ʁa.fi.nas/ 		rafinât
/ʁa.fi.na/ 		rafinassions
/ʁa.fi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		rafinassiez
/ʁa.fi.na.sje/ 		rafinassent
/ʁa.fi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rafine
/ʁa.fin/ 		— rafinons
/ʁa.fi.nɔ̃/ 		rafinez
/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:
  • 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).

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈfi.nɛr/
  • Rhymes: -inɛr
  • Syllabification: ra‧fi‧ner

Noun

rafiner m pers

  1. refiner (refinery worker)
  2. (technology) refiner (paper machine in which the fibres are pre-milled)

Declension

Declension of rafiner
singular plural
nominative rafiner rafinerzy/rafinery (deprecative)
genitive rafinera rafinerów
dative rafinerowi rafinerom
accusative rafinera rafinerów
instrumental rafinerem rafinerami
locative rafinerze rafinerach
vocative rafinerze rafinerzy
adjectives
nouns
verbs

Further reading

  • rafiner in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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