rafraichir

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See also: rafraîchir

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃiʁ/ ~ /ʁa.fʁe.ʃiʁ/
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Verb

rafraichir

  1. post-1990 spelling of rafraîchir

Conjugation

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 rafraichir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rafraichir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rafraichissant
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɑ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rafraichi
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rafraichis
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ 		rafraichis
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ 		rafraichit
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ 		rafraichissons
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɔ̃/ 		rafraichissez
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.se/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.se/ 		rafraichissent
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/
imperfect rafraichissais
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɛ/ 		rafraichissais
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɛ/ 		rafraichissait
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɛ/ 		rafraichissions
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ 		rafraichissiez
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sje/ 		rafraichissaient
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɛ/
past historic2 rafraichis
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ 		rafraichis
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ 		rafraichit
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ 		rafraichîmes
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃim/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃim/ 		rafraichîtes
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃit/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃit/ 		rafraichirent
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃiʁ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃiʁ/
future rafraichirai
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁe/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁe/ 		rafraichiras
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁa/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁa/ 		rafraichira
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁa/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁa/ 		rafraichirons
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ 		rafraichirez
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁe/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁe/ 		rafraichiront
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rafraichirais
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɛ/ 		rafraichirais
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɛ/ 		rafraichirait
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɛ/ 		rafraichirions
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rafraichiriez
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁje/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁje/ 		rafraichiraient
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.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 rafraichisse
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ 		rafraichisses
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ 		rafraichisse
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ 		rafraichissions
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ 		rafraichissiez
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sje/ 		rafraichissent
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/
imperfect2 rafraichisse
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ 		rafraichisses
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ 		rafraichît
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ 		rafraichissions
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ 		rafraichissiez
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sje/ 		rafraichissent
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rafraichis
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ 		— rafraichissons
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɔ̃/ 		rafraichissez
/ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.se/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.se/ 		—
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).

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