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Webster 1913 Edition
Affecter
Af-fect′er
,Noun.
One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after.
“Affecters of wit.” Abp. Secker.
Webster 1828 Edition
Affecter
AFFECT'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
affecter
affecter
English
Noun
affecter (plural affecters)
- A person who affects to know something or to be something.
Related terms
Translations
person who affects to know or be something
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French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin affectāre, present active infinitive of affectō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fɛk.te/
Verb
affecter
- (transitive) to feign, affect (an emotion, etc.)
- (transitive) to allocate (something), assign (someone) (à (“to”))
- (transitive) to affect, influence
Conjugation
Conjugation of affecter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | affecter | avoir affecté | |||||
| gerund | en affectant | en ayant affecté | |||||
| present participle | affectant /a.fɛk.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | affecté /a.fɛk.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | affecte /a.fɛkt/ |
affectes /a.fɛkt/ |
affecte /a.fɛkt/ |
affectons /a.fɛk.tɔ̃/ |
affectez /a.fɛk.te/ |
affectent /a.fɛkt/ |
| imperfect | affectais /a.fɛk.tɛ/ |
affectais /a.fɛk.tɛ/ |
affectait /a.fɛk.tɛ/ |
affections /a.fɛk.tjɔ̃/ |
affectiez /a.fɛk.tje/ |
affectaient /a.fɛk.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | affectai /a.fɛk.te/ |
affectas /a.fɛk.ta/ |
affecta /a.fɛk.ta/ |
affectâmes /a.fɛk.tam/ |
affectâtes /a.fɛk.tat/ |
affectèrent /a.fɛk.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | affecterai /a.fɛk.tə.ʁe/ |
affecteras /a.fɛk.tə.ʁa/ |
affectera /a.fɛk.tə.ʁa/ |
affecterons /a.fɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
affecterez /a.fɛk.tə.ʁe/ |
affecteront /a.fɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | affecterais /a.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ |
affecterais /a.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ |
affecterait /a.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ |
affecterions /a.fɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affecteriez /a.fɛk.tə.ʁje/ |
affecteraient /a.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | affecte /a.fɛkt/ |
affectes /a.fɛkt/ |
affecte /a.fɛkt/ |
affections /a.fɛk.tjɔ̃/ |
affectiez /a.fɛk.tje/ |
affectent /a.fɛkt/ |
| imperfect1 |
affectasse /a.fɛk.tas/ |
affectasses /a.fɛk.tas/ |
affectât /a.fɛk.ta/ |
affectassions /a.fɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
affectassiez /a.fɛk.ta.sje/ |
affectassent /a.fɛk.tas/ |
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| 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 | – | |
| — | affecte /a.fɛkt/ |
— | affectons /a.fɛk.tɔ̃/ |
affectez /a.fɛk.te/ |
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