peaufiner
French edit
Etymology edit
From peau + fin + -er, 19th c..
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
peaufiner
- to fine-tune
- Synonym: perfectionner
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of peaufiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | peaufiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | peaufinant /po.fi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | peaufiné /po.fi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | peaufine /po.fin/ |
peaufines /po.fin/ |
peaufine /po.fin/ |
peaufinons /po.fi.nɔ̃/ |
peaufinez /po.fi.ne/ |
peaufinent /po.fin/ |
| imperfect | peaufinais /po.fi.nɛ/ |
peaufinais /po.fi.nɛ/ |
peaufinait /po.fi.nɛ/ |
peaufinions /po.fi.njɔ̃/ |
peaufiniez /po.fi.nje/ |
peaufinaient /po.fi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | peaufinai /po.fi.ne/ |
peaufinas /po.fi.na/ |
peaufina /po.fi.na/ |
peaufinâmes /po.fi.nam/ |
peaufinâtes /po.fi.nat/ |
peaufinèrent /po.fi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | peaufinerai /po.fin.ʁe/ |
peaufineras /po.fin.ʁa/ |
peaufinera /po.fin.ʁa/ |
peaufinerons /po.fin.ʁɔ̃/ |
peaufinerez /po.fin.ʁe/ |
peaufineront /po.fin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | peaufinerais /po.fin.ʁɛ/ |
peaufinerais /po.fin.ʁɛ/ |
peaufinerait /po.fin.ʁɛ/ |
peaufinerions /po.fi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
peaufineriez /po.fi.nə.ʁje/ |
peaufineraient /po.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 | peaufine /po.fin/ |
peaufines /po.fin/ |
peaufine /po.fin/ |
peaufinions /po.fi.njɔ̃/ |
peaufiniez /po.fi.nje/ |
peaufinent /po.fin/ |
| imperfect2 | peaufinasse /po.fi.nas/ |
peaufinasses /po.fi.nas/ |
peaufinât /po.fi.na/ |
peaufinassions /po.fi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
peaufinassiez /po.fi.na.sje/ |
peaufinassent /po.fi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | peaufine /po.fin/ |
— | peaufinons /po.fi.nɔ̃/ |
peaufinez /po.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “peaufiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.