affecter

English

Etymology

affect +‎ -er

Noun

affecter (plural affecters)

  1. A person who affects to know something or to be something.

Translations

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affectāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.fɛk.te/
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Verb

affecter

  1. (transitive) to feign, affect (an emotion, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to allocate (something), assign/post (someone) (à (“to”))
  3. (transitive) to affect, influence

Conjugation
Conjugation of affecter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affecter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affectant
/a.fɛk.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affecté
/a.fɛk.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present affecte
/a.fɛkt/		 affectes
/a.fɛkt/		 affecte
/a.fɛkt/		 affectons
/a.fɛk.tɔ̃/		 affectez
/a.fɛk.te/		 affectent
/a.fɛkt/
imperfect affectais
/a.fɛk.tɛ/		 affectais
/a.fɛk.tɛ/		 affectait
/a.fɛk.tɛ/		 affections
/a.fɛk.tjɔ̃/		 affectiez
/a.fɛk.tje/		 affectaient
/a.fɛk.tɛ/
past historic2 affectai
/a.fɛk.te/		 affectas
/a.fɛk.ta/		 affecta
/a.fɛk.ta/		 affectâmes
/a.fɛk.tam/		 affectâtes
/a.fɛk.tat/		 affectèrent
/a.fɛk.tɛʁ/
future affecterai
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁe/		 affecteras
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁa/		 affectera
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁa/		 affecterons
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 affecterez
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁe/		 affecteront
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional affecterais
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/		 affecterais
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/		 affecterait
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/		 affecterions
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 affecteriez
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁje/		 affecteraient
/a.fɛk.tə.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 affecte
/a.fɛkt/		 affectes
/a.fɛkt/		 affecte
/a.fɛkt/		 affections
/a.fɛk.tjɔ̃/		 affectiez
/a.fɛk.tje/		 affectent
/a.fɛkt/
imperfect2 affectasse
/a.fɛk.tas/		 affectasses
/a.fɛk.tas/		 affectât
/a.fɛk.ta/		 affectassions
/a.fɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/		 affectassiez
/a.fɛk.ta.sje/		 affectassent
/a.fɛk.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — affecte
/a.fɛkt/		 — affectons
/a.fɛk.tɔ̃/		 affectez
/a.fɛk.te/		 —
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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

affecter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of affectō
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