rafraîchir

See also: rafraichir

French

Alternative forms

rafraichir (post-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃiʁ/ ~ /ʁa.fʁe.ʃiʁ/
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Verb

rafraîchir

to refresh
to cool off
(reflexive) to freshen up
to do up (a flat)

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 rafraîchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	rafraîchir
present participle or gerund¹	simple	rafraîchissant /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɑ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rafraîchi /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/	rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/	rafraîchit /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/	rafraîchissons /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɔ̃/	rafraîchissez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.se/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.se/	rafraîchissent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/
	imperfect	rafraîchissais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɛ/	rafraîchissais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɛ/	rafraîchissait /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɛ/	rafraîchissions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sjɔ̃/	rafraîchissiez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sje/	rafraîchissaient /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɛ/
	past historic²	rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/	rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/	rafraîchit /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/	rafraîchîmes /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃim/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃim/	rafraîchîtes /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃit/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃit/	rafraîchirent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃiʁ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃiʁ/
	future	rafraîchirai /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁe/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁe/	rafraîchiras /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁa/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁa/	rafraîchira /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁa/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁa/	rafraîchirons /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/	rafraîchirez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁe/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁe/	rafraîchiront /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rafraîchirais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɛ/	rafraîchirais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɛ/	rafraîchirait /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁɛ/	rafraîchirions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/	rafraîchiriez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁje/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.ʁje/	rafraîchiraient /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.fʁe.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	rafraîchisse /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/	rafraîchisses /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/	rafraîchisse /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/	rafraîchissions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sjɔ̃/	rafraîchissiez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sje/	rafraîchissent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	rafraîchisse /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/	rafraîchisses /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/	rafraîchît /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/	rafraîchissions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sjɔ̃/	rafraîchissiez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sje/	rafraîchissent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	rafraîchis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi/	—	rafraîchissons /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɔ̃/ or /ʁa.fʁe.ʃi.sɔ̃/	rafraîchissez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.se/ or /ʁa.fʁe.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).