affixer

English

Etymology

affix +‎ -er

Noun

affixer (plural affixers)

  1. A person or thing that affixes.
    • 1922, Ernest Bramah, Kai Lung's Golden Hours, page 102:
      Instead of retiring to his home he continued into the more reputable ways beyond, it then being about the hour at which the affixers of official notices were wont to display their energies.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From affixe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.fik.se/
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Verb

affixer

  1. (grammar) to affix

Conjugation
Conjugation of affixer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affixer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affixant
/a.fik.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affixé
/a.fik.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present affixe
/a.fiks/		 affixes
/a.fiks/		 affixe
/a.fiks/		 affixons
/a.fik.sɔ̃/		 affixez
/a.fik.se/		 affixent
/a.fiks/
imperfect affixais
/a.fik.sɛ/		 affixais
/a.fik.sɛ/		 affixait
/a.fik.sɛ/		 affixions
/a.fik.sjɔ̃/		 affixiez
/a.fik.sje/		 affixaient
/a.fik.sɛ/
past historic2 affixai
/a.fik.se/		 affixas
/a.fik.sa/		 affixa
/a.fik.sa/		 affixâmes
/a.fik.sam/		 affixâtes
/a.fik.sat/		 affixèrent
/a.fik.sɛʁ/
future affixerai
/a.fik.sə.ʁe/		 affixeras
/a.fik.sə.ʁa/		 affixera
/a.fik.sə.ʁa/		 affixerons
/a.fik.sə.ʁɔ̃/		 affixerez
/a.fik.sə.ʁe/		 affixeront
/a.fik.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional affixerais
/a.fik.sə.ʁɛ/		 affixerais
/a.fik.sə.ʁɛ/		 affixerait
/a.fik.sə.ʁɛ/		 affixerions
/a.fik.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 affixeriez
/a.fik.sə.ʁje/		 affixeraient
/a.fik.sə.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 affixe
/a.fiks/		 affixes
/a.fiks/		 affixe
/a.fiks/		 affixions
/a.fik.sjɔ̃/		 affixiez
/a.fik.sje/		 affixent
/a.fiks/
imperfect2 affixasse
/a.fik.sas/		 affixasses
/a.fik.sas/		 affixât
/a.fik.sa/		 affixassions
/a.fik.sa.sjɔ̃/		 affixassiez
/a.fik.sa.sje/		 affixassent
/a.fik.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — affixe
/a.fiks/		 — affixons
/a.fik.sɔ̃/		 affixez
/a.fik.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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