affairer

French

Etymology

From affaire or a backformation of affairé.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.fɛ.ʁe/, /a.fe.ʁe/
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Verb

affairer

  1. (intransitive, rare) to absorb
    Il était affairé par son travail.
    He was absorbed in his work.
  2. (reflexive) to busy oneself [from 19th c.]

Conjugation
Conjugation of affairer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affairer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affairant
/a.fɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affairé
/a.fɛ.ʁe/ or /a.fe.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present affaire
/a.fɛʁ/		 affaires
/a.fɛʁ/		 affaire
/a.fɛʁ/		 affairons
/a.fɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁɔ̃/		 affairez
/a.fɛ.ʁe/ or /a.fe.ʁe/		 affairent
/a.fɛʁ/
imperfect affairais
/a.fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁɛ/		 affairais
/a.fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁɛ/		 affairait
/a.fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁɛ/		 affairions
/a.fɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁjɔ̃/		 affairiez
/a.fɛ.ʁje/ or /a.fe.ʁje/		 affairaient
/a.fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁɛ/
past historic2 affairai
/a.fɛ.ʁe/ or /a.fe.ʁe/		 affairas
/a.fɛ.ʁa/ or /a.fe.ʁa/		 affaira
/a.fɛ.ʁa/ or /a.fe.ʁa/		 affairâmes
/a.fɛ.ʁam/ or /a.fe.ʁam/		 affairâtes
/a.fɛ.ʁat/ or /a.fe.ʁat/		 affairèrent
/a.fɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /a.fe.ʁɛʁ/
future affairerai
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁe/		 affaireras
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁa/		 affairera
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁa/		 affairerons
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 affairerez
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁe/		 affaireront
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional affairerais
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 affairerais
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 affairerait
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 affairerions
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 affaireriez
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁje/		 affaireraient
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁə.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 affaire
/a.fɛʁ/		 affaires
/a.fɛʁ/		 affaire
/a.fɛʁ/		 affairions
/a.fɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁjɔ̃/		 affairiez
/a.fɛ.ʁje/ or /a.fe.ʁje/		 affairent
/a.fɛʁ/
imperfect2 affairasse
/a.fɛ.ʁas/ or /a.fe.ʁas/		 affairasses
/a.fɛ.ʁas/ or /a.fe.ʁas/		 affairât
/a.fɛ.ʁa/ or /a.fe.ʁa/		 affairassions
/a.fɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 affairassiez
/a.fɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /a.fe.ʁa.sje/		 affairassent
/a.fɛ.ʁas/ or /a.fe.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — affaire
/a.fɛʁ/		 — affairons
/a.fɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁɔ̃/		 affairez
/a.fɛ.ʁe/ or /a.fe.ʁe/		 —
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).

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