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rafraîchir
rafraîchir
See also: rafraichir
French
Alternative forms
- rafraichir (1990 spelling reform)
Verb
rafraîchir
- to refresh
- to cool off
- (reflexive) to freshen up
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 rafraîchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rafraîchir | avoir rafraîchi | |||||
| gerund | en rafraîchissant | en ayant rafraîchi | |||||
| present participle | rafraîchissant /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rafraîchi /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraîchit /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraîchissons /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
rafraîchissez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.se/ |
rafraîchissent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
| imperfect | rafraîchissais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ |
rafraîchissais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ |
rafraîchissait /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ |
rafraîchissions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
rafraîchissiez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ |
rafraîchissaient /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraîchit /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraîchîmes /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃim/ |
rafraîchîtes /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃit/ |
rafraîchirent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃiʁ/ |
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| future | rafraîchirai /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁe/ |
rafraîchiras /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁa/ |
rafraîchira /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁa/ |
rafraîchirons /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
rafraîchirez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁe/ |
rafraîchiront /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rafraîchirais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
rafraîchirais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
rafraîchirait /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
rafraîchirions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rafraîchiriez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁje/ |
rafraîchiraient /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.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 | rafraîchisse /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
rafraîchisses /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
rafraîchisse /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
rafraîchissions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
rafraîchissiez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ |
rafraîchissent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
| imperfect1 |
rafraîchisse /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
rafraîchisses /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
rafraîchît /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraîchissions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
rafraîchissiez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ |
rafraîchissent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
— | rafraîchissons /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
rafraîchissez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.se/ |
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