affairer

French

Etymology

From affaire or a backformation of affairé.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.fɛ.ʁe/

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)
present participle affairant
/a.fɛ.ʁɑ̃/
past participle affairé
/a.fɛ.ʁe/
infinitive
simple affairer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple affairant
/a.fɛ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present affaire
/a.fɛʁ/		 affaires
/a.fɛʁ/		 affaire
/a.fɛʁ/		 affairons
/a.fɛ.ʁɔ̃/		 affairez
/a.fɛ.ʁe/		 affairent
/a.fɛʁ/
imperfect affairais
/a.fɛ.ʁɛ/		 affairais
/a.fɛ.ʁɛ/		 affairait
/a.fɛ.ʁɛ/		 affairions
/a.fɛ.ʁjɔ̃/		 affairiez
/a.fɛ.ʁje/		 affairaient
/a.fɛ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 affairai
/a.fɛ.ʁe/		 affairas
/a.fɛ.ʁa/		 affaira
/a.fɛ.ʁa/		 affairâmes
/a.fɛ.ʁam/		 affairâtes
/a.fɛ.ʁat/		 affairèrent
/a.fɛ.ʁɛʁ/
future affairerai
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁe/		 affaireras
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁa/		 affairera
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁa/		 affairerons
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 affairerez
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁe/		 affaireront
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional affairerais
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 affairerais
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 affairerait
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 affairerions
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 affaireriez
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁje/		 affaireraient
/a.fɛ.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/		 affairiez
/a.fɛ.ʁje/		 affairent
/a.fɛʁ/
imperfect2 affairasse
/a.fɛ.ʁas/		 affairasses
/a.fɛ.ʁas/		 affairât
/a.fɛ.ʁa/		 affairassions
/a.fɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 affairassiez
/a.fɛ.ʁa.sje/		 affairassent
/a.fɛ.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/		 affairez
/a.fɛ.ʁe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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