"affûter" meaning in French

See affûter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /a.fy.te/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-affûter.wav
Etymology: Inherited from Old French afuster. Equivalent to a- + fût + -er. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|afuster|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French afuster, {{inh+|fr|fro|afuster}} Inherited from Old French afuster, {{af|fr|a-|fût|-er|nocat=1}} a- + fût + -er Head templates: {{fr-verb}} affûter Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], affûter [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], affûtant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], affûté [participle, past], affûte [first-person, indicative, present, singular], affûtes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], affûte [indicative, present, singular, third-person], affûtons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], affûtez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], affûtent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], affûtais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], affûtais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], affûtait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], affûtions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], affûtiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], affûtaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], affûtai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], affûtas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], affûta [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], affûtâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], affûtâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], affûtèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], affûterai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], affûteras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], affûtera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], affûterons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], affûterez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], affûteront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], affûterais [conditional, first-person, singular], affûterais [conditional, second-person, singular], affûterait [conditional, singular, third-person], affûterions [conditional, first-person, plural], affûteriez [conditional, plural, second-person], affûteraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], affûte [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], affûtes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], affûte [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], affûtions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], affûtiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], affûtent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], affûtasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], affûtasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], affûtât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], affûtassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], affûtassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], affûtassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], affûte [imperative, second-person, singular], affûtons [first-person, imperative, plural], affûtez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], affuter [alternative]
  1. (transitive) to sharpen; to whet (e.g. a tool) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-affûter-fr-verb-n-T1DkQG
  2. (transitive) to hone (a skill) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-affûter-fr-verb-3zRv1NFS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 36 15 15 15 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 20 27 18 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 30 17 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 56 10 10 10
  3. (slang, rare, transitive) to eat Tags: rare, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-affûter-fr-verb-Unr3wQmn
  4. (slang, rare, transitive) to dance Tags: rare, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-affûter-fr-verb-YInOfrwL Categories (other): Dance Disambiguation of Dance: 0 8 0 92 0
  5. (archaic, transitive, of a cannon) to mount on a gun carriage Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-affûter-fr-verb-ZA7UU2OC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: affûtage, affûteur Related terms: fût, affûtiau

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "affûtage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "affûteur"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "fro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "lit": "",
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        "pos": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French afuster. Equivalent to a- + fût + -er.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûter",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "affûtant",
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        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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      "form": "affûte",
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      "form": "affûtes",
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      "form": "affûte",
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      ]
    },
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        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "affûtent",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtais",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "affûtais",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtait",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtions",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtiez",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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        "indicative",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/a.fy.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtâmes",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/a.fy.tat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtèrent",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûterai",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûteras",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tʁa/",
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      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtera",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tʁa/",
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        "indicative",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûterons",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûterez",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûteront",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûterais",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûterais",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûterait",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûterions",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûteriez",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûteraient",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûte",
      "ipa": "/a.fyt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtes",
      "ipa": "/a.fyt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûte",
      "ipa": "/a.fyt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtions",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtiez",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtent",
      "ipa": "/a.fyt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtasse",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtasses",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtât",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtassions",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.ta.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtassiez",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.ta.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtassent",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûte",
      "ipa": "/a.fyt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtons",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.tɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affûtez",
      "ipa": "/a.fy.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affuter",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "affûter",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fût"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "affûtiau"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              78,
              85
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Asterix and the Griffin",
          "ref": "2021, Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad, Astérix et le Griffon [Asterix and the Griffin] (Asterix), Vanves: Les Éditions Albert René, →ISBN, page 18:",
          "text": "C’est bon ! On a compris ! Venez les filles ! Allons au camp pour commencer à affûter nos flèches !",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sharpen; to whet (e.g. a tool)"
      ],
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          "whet"
        ]
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        "(transitive) to sharpen; to whet (e.g. a tool)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "18 36 15 15 15",
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "_dis": "20 27 18 18 18",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hone (a skill)"
      ],
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to hone (a skill)"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.