affranchir

French

Etymology

From French ad- + franchir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃiʁ/
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Verb

affranchir

  1. (transitive) to free, liberate, enfranchise, emancipate
  2. (transitive) to discharge, exempt
  3. (transitive) to prepay (postage), frank (a letter)
  4. (slang, transitive) to pervert
  5. (slang, transitive) to inform
  6. (reflexive) to release or free oneself

Conjugation

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 affranchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affranchir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affranchissant
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affranchi
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present affranchis
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/		 affranchis
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/		 affranchit
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/		 affranchissons
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɔ̃/		 affranchissez
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.se/		 affranchissent
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/
imperfect affranchissais
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/		 affranchissais
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/		 affranchissait
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/		 affranchissions
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/		 affranchissiez
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sje/		 affranchissaient
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/
past historic2 affranchis
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/		 affranchis
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/		 affranchit
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/		 affranchîmes
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃim/		 affranchîtes
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃit/		 affranchirent
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃiʁ/
future affranchirai
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁe/		 affranchiras
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁa/		 affranchira
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁa/		 affranchirons
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/		 affranchirez
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁe/		 affranchiront
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional affranchirais
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/		 affranchirais
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/		 affranchirait
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/		 affranchirions
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/		 affranchiriez
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁje/		 affranchiraient
/a.fʁɑ̃.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 affranchisse
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/		 affranchisses
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/		 affranchisse
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/		 affranchissions
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/		 affranchissiez
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sje/		 affranchissent
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/
imperfect2 affranchisse
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/		 affranchisses
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/		 affranchît
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/		 affranchissions
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/		 affranchissiez
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sje/		 affranchissent
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — affranchis
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/		 — affranchissons
/a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɔ̃/		 affranchissez
/a.fʁɑ̃.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:
  • 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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