suffixer

French

Etymology

From suffixe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.fik.se/

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Verb

suffixer

1. (grammar) to suffix

Conjugation

Conjugation of suffixer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	suffixer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	suffixant /sy.fik.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		suffixé /sy.fik.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	suffixe /sy.fiks/	suffixes /sy.fiks/	suffixe /sy.fiks/	suffixons /sy.fik.sɔ̃/	suffixez /sy.fik.se/	suffixent /sy.fiks/
	imperfect	suffixais /sy.fik.sɛ/	suffixais /sy.fik.sɛ/	suffixait /sy.fik.sɛ/	suffixions /sy.fik.sjɔ̃/	suffixiez /sy.fik.sje/	suffixaient /sy.fik.sɛ/
	past historic2	suffixai /sy.fik.se/	suffixas /sy.fik.sa/	suffixa /sy.fik.sa/	suffixâmes /sy.fik.sam/	suffixâtes /sy.fik.sat/	suffixèrent /sy.fik.sɛʁ/
	future	suffixerai /sy.fik.sə.ʁe/	suffixeras /sy.fik.sə.ʁa/	suffixera /sy.fik.sə.ʁa/	suffixerons /sy.fik.sə.ʁɔ̃/	suffixerez /sy.fik.sə.ʁe/	suffixeront /sy.fik.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	suffixerais /sy.fik.sə.ʁɛ/	suffixerais /sy.fik.sə.ʁɛ/	suffixerait /sy.fik.sə.ʁɛ/	suffixerions /sy.fik.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	suffixeriez /sy.fik.sə.ʁje/	suffixeraient /sy.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	suffixe /sy.fiks/	suffixes /sy.fiks/	suffixe /sy.fiks/	suffixions /sy.fik.sjɔ̃/	suffixiez /sy.fik.sje/	suffixent /sy.fiks/
	imperfect2	suffixasse /sy.fik.sas/	suffixasses /sy.fik.sas/	suffixât /sy.fik.sa/	suffixassions /sy.fik.sa.sjɔ̃/	suffixassiez /sy.fik.sa.sje/	suffixassent /sy.fik.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	suffixe /sy.fiks/	—	suffixons /sy.fik.sɔ̃/	suffixez /sy.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).

See also

• préfixer

Further reading

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