rafraîchir
See also: rafraichir
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
rafraîchir
- to refresh
- to cool off
- (reflexive) to freshen up
- to do up (a flat)
Conjugation edit
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)
| infinitive | simple | rafraîchir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rafraîchissant /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɑ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rafraîchi /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ |
rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ |
rafraîchit /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ |
rafraîchissons /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
rafraîchissez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.se/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.se/ |
rafraîchissent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ |
| imperfect | rafraîchissais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɛ/ |
rafraîchissais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɛ/ |
rafraîchissait /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɛ/ |
rafraîchissions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
rafraîchissiez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sje/ |
rafraîchissaient /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ |
rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ |
rafraîchit /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ |
rafraîchîmes /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃim/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃim/ |
rafraîchîtes /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃit/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃit/ |
rafraîchirent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃiʁ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃiʁ/ | |
| future | rafraîchirai /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁe/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁe/ |
rafraîchiras /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁa/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁa/ |
rafraîchira /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁa/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁa/ |
rafraîchirons /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
rafraîchirez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁe/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁe/ |
rafraîchiront /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rafraîchirais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
rafraîchirais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
rafraîchirait /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
rafraîchirions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rafraîchiriez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁje/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁje/ |
rafraîchiraient /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.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 | rafraîchisse /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ |
rafraîchisses /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ |
rafraîchisse /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ |
rafraîchissions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
rafraîchissiez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sje/ |
rafraîchissent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ |
| imperfect2 | rafraîchisse /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ |
rafraîchisses /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ |
rafraîchît /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ |
rafraîchissions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
rafraîchissiez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sje/ |
rafraîchissent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/ |
— | rafraîchissons /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
rafraîchissez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.se/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.se/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “rafraîchir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.