peaufiner

French

Etymology

From peau +‎ fin +‎ -er, 19th c..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.fi.ne/

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Verb

peaufiner

1. to fine-tune

   Synonym: perfectionner

Conjugation

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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• peaufinage
• peaufinement

 

Further reading

• “peaufiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.