afistoler

French

Alternative forms

• affistoler

Etymology

Inherited from Old French afistoler, from a- + fistuler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fis.tɔ.le/

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Verb

afistoler

1. (transitive) to ornament or embellish
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to dress up

Conjugation

Conjugation of afistoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	afistoler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	afistolant /a.fis.tɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		afistolé /a.fis.tɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	afistole /a.fis.tɔl/	afistoles /a.fis.tɔl/	afistole /a.fis.tɔl/	afistolons /a.fis.tɔ.lɔ̃/	afistolez /a.fis.tɔ.le/	afistolent /a.fis.tɔl/
	imperfect	afistolais /a.fis.tɔ.lɛ/	afistolais /a.fis.tɔ.lɛ/	afistolait /a.fis.tɔ.lɛ/	afistolions /a.fis.tɔ.ljɔ̃/	afistoliez /a.fis.tɔ.lje/	afistolaient /a.fis.tɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	afistolai /a.fis.tɔ.le/	afistolas /a.fis.tɔ.la/	afistola /a.fis.tɔ.la/	afistolâmes /a.fis.tɔ.lam/	afistolâtes /a.fis.tɔ.lat/	afistolèrent /a.fis.tɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	afistolerai /a.fis.tɔl.ʁe/	afistoleras /a.fis.tɔl.ʁa/	afistolera /a.fis.tɔl.ʁa/	afistolerons /a.fis.tɔl.ʁɔ̃/	afistolerez /a.fis.tɔl.ʁe/	afistoleront /a.fis.tɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	afistolerais /a.fis.tɔl.ʁɛ/	afistolerais /a.fis.tɔl.ʁɛ/	afistolerait /a.fis.tɔl.ʁɛ/	afistolerions /a.fis.tɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	afistoleriez /a.fis.tɔ.lə.ʁje/	afistoleraient /a.fis.tɔl.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	afistole /a.fis.tɔl/	afistoles /a.fis.tɔl/	afistole /a.fis.tɔl/	afistolions /a.fis.tɔ.ljɔ̃/	afistoliez /a.fis.tɔ.lje/	afistolent /a.fis.tɔl/
	imperfect2	afistolasse /a.fis.tɔ.las/	afistolasses /a.fis.tɔ.las/	afistolât /a.fis.tɔ.la/	afistolassions /a.fis.tɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	afistolassiez /a.fis.tɔ.la.sje/	afistolassent /a.fis.tɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	afistole /a.fis.tɔl/	—	afistolons /a.fis.tɔ.lɔ̃/	afistolez /a.fis.tɔ.le/	—
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).

Derived terms

• rafistoler

Further reading

• “afistoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.