affaisser
French
Etymology
a- (“to place under”) + faix (“load”) + -er, referring to the fact, under the weight of a load, something might bend and collapse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afese/
Verb
affaisser
- (transitive) to cause to subside
- (reflexive) to subside, go down, sink
- (reflexive) to cave in, sag, give way, collapse
- (reflexive) to ebb, weaken
Conjugation
Conjugation of affaisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | affaisser | avoir affaissé | |||||
| gerund | en affaissant | en ayant affaissé | |||||
| present participle | affaissant /a.fɛ.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | affaissé /a.fɛ.se/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | affaisse /a.fɛs/ |
affaisses /a.fɛs/ |
affaisse /a.fɛs/ |
affaissons /a.fɛ.sɔ̃/ |
affaissez /a.fɛ.se/ |
affaissent /a.fɛs/ |
| imperfect | affaissais /a.fɛ.sɛ/ |
affaissais /a.fɛ.sɛ/ |
affaissait /a.fɛ.sɛ/ |
affaissions /a.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
affaissiez /a.fɛ.sje/ |
affaissaient /a.fɛ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | affaissai /a.fɛ.se/ |
affaissas /a.fɛ.sa/ |
affaissa /a.fɛ.sa/ |
affaissâmes /a.fɛ.sam/ |
affaissâtes /a.fɛ.sat/ |
affaissèrent /a.fɛ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | affaisserai /a.fɛ.sʁe/ |
affaisseras /a.fɛ.sʁa/ |
affaissera /a.fɛ.sʁa/ |
affaisserons /a.fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
affaisserez /a.fɛ.sʁe/ |
affaisseront /a.fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | affaisserais /a.fɛ.sʁɛ/ |
affaisserais /a.fɛ.sʁɛ/ |
affaisserait /a.fɛ.sʁɛ/ |
affaisserions /a.fɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affaisseriez /a.fɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
affaisseraient /a.fɛ.sʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | affaisse /a.fɛs/ |
affaisses /a.fɛs/ |
affaisse /a.fɛs/ |
affaissions /a.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
affaissiez /a.fɛ.sje/ |
affaissent /a.fɛs/ |
| imperfect1 | affaissasse /a.fɛ.sas/ |
affaissasses /a.fɛ.sas/ |
affaissât /a.fɛ.sa/ |
affaissassions /a.fɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
affaissassiez /a.fɛ.sa.sje/ |
affaissassent /a.fɛ.sas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | affaisse /a.fɛs/ |
— | affaissons /a.fɛ.sɔ̃/ |
affaissez /a.fɛ.se/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “affaisser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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