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affuter

post-1990 spelling of affûter

Usage

Affuter is the post-1990 spelling-reform form of affûter (to sharpen a blade or tool), dropping the circumflex accent — both spellings are correct today, but affûter remains far more common in print. See affûter for the fuller entry on meaning and figurative use.

Examples
  • Le boucher affute son couteau tous les matins.The butcher sharpens his knife every morning.
  • Il faut affuter les ciseaux du jardinier avant la taille.The gardening shears need sharpening before pruning.
  • Elle affute ses arguments avant le débat.She's sharpening her arguments before the debate.
Common mistake

Learners assume affuter and affûter are two different verbs — they're the exact same word; affuter is simply the simplified 1990-reform spelling, most common in France's updated school materials, while affûter remains the traditional and still-dominant spelling.

Often confused with affûter.

Simple tenses

Present

jeaffute
tuaffutes
il/elleaffute
nousaffutons
vousaffutez
ils/ellesaffutent

Imperfect

jeaffutais
tuaffutais
il/elleaffutait
nousaffutions
vousaffutiez
ils/ellesaffutaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeaffutai
tuaffutas
il/elleaffuta
nousaffutâmes
vousaffutâtes
ils/ellesaffutèrent

Future

jeaffuterai
tuaffuteras
il/elleaffutera
nousaffuterons
vousaffuterez
ils/ellesaffuteront

Conditional

jeaffuterais
tuaffuterais
il/elleaffuterait
nousaffuterions
vousaffuteriez
ils/ellesaffuteraient

Subjunctive

jeaffute
tuaffutes
il/elleaffute
nousaffutions
vousaffutiez
ils/ellesaffutent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeaffutasse
tuaffutasses
il/elleaffutât
nousaffutassions
vousaffutassiez
ils/ellesaffutassent

Imperative

tuaffute
nousaffutons
vousaffutez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai affuté
tuas affuté
il/ellea affuté
nousavons affuté
vousavez affuté
ils/ellesont affuté

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais affuté
tuavais affuté
il/elleavait affuté
nousavions affuté
vousaviez affuté
ils/ellesavaient affuté

Passé antérieur

jeeus affuté
tueus affuté
il/elleeut affuté
nouseûmes affuté
vouseûtes affuté
ils/elleseurent affuté

Futur antérieur

jeaurai affuté
tuauras affuté
il/elleaura affuté
nousaurons affuté
vousaurez affuté
ils/ellesauront affuté

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais affuté
tuaurais affuté
il/elleaurait affuté
nousaurions affuté
vousauriez affuté
ils/ellesauraient affuté

Subjonctif passé

jeaie affuté
tuaies affuté
il/elleait affuté
nousayons affuté
vousayez affuté
ils/ellesaient affuté

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse affuté
tueusses affuté
il/elleeût affuté
nouseussions affuté
vouseussiez affuté
ils/elleseussent affuté

Impératif passé

tuaie affuté
nousayons affuté
vousayez affuté

Other

Present participle

affutant

Past participle

affuté

Infinitive

affuter

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Frequently asked questions

What does "affuter" mean?

"affuter" means "post-1990 spelling of affûter".

How do you conjugate "affuter" in the present tense?

The present of "affuter" is: je affute, tu affutes, il/elle affute, nous affutons, vous affutez, ils/elles affutent.

What is the Passé composé of "affuter"?

The passé composé of "affuter" is: je ai affuté, tu as affuté, il/elle a affuté, nous avons affuté, vous avez affuté, ils/elles ont affuté.

What is the Imperative of "affuter"?

The imperative of "affuter" is: tu affute, nous affutons, vous affutez.