rafraîchir

French

Alternative forms

• rafraichir (1990 spelling reform)

Pronunciation

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Verb

rafraîchir

1. to refresh
2. to cool off
3. (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
infinitive		rafraîchir			avoir rafraîchi
gerund		en rafraîchissant			en ayant rafraîchi
present participle		rafraîchissant
past participle		rafraîchi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	rafraîchis	rafraîchis	rafraîchit	rafraîchissons	rafraîchissez	rafraîchissent
	imperfect	rafraîchissais	rafraîchissais	rafraîchissait	rafraîchissions	rafraîchissiez	rafraîchissaient
	past historic1	rafraîchis	rafraîchis	rafraîchit	rafraîchîmes	rafraîchîtes	rafraîchirent
	future	rafraîchirai	rafraîchiras	rafraîchira	rafraîchirons	rafraîchirez	rafraîchiront
	conditional	rafraîchirais	rafraîchirais	rafraîchirait	rafraîchirions	rafraîchiriez	rafraîchiraient
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	rafraîchisses	rafraîchisse	rafraîchissions	rafraîchissiez	rafraîchissent
	imperfect1	rafraîchisse	rafraîchisses	rafraîchît	rafraîchissions	rafraîchissiez	rafraîchissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	rafraîchis	—	rafraîchissons	rafraîchissez	—
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