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rafraîchir: Conjugation

The rafraîchir conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb rafraîchir according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of rafraîchir, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of rafraîchir at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
je rafraîchis tu rafraîchis il/elle rafraîchit nous rafraîchissons vous rafraîchissez ils/elles rafraîchissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai rafraîchi tu as rafraîchi il/elle a rafraîchi nous avons rafraîchi vous avez rafraîchi ils/elles ont rafraîchi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je rafraîchissais tu rafraîchissais il/elle rafraîchissait nous rafraîchissions vous rafraîchissiez ils/elles rafraîchissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais rafraîchi tu avais rafraîchi il/elle avait rafraîchi nous avions rafraîchi vous aviez rafraîchi ils/elles avaient rafraîchi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je rafraîchirai tu rafraîchiras il/elle rafraîchira nous rafraîchirons vous rafraîchirez ils/elles rafraîchiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai rafraîchi tu auras rafraîchi il/elle aura rafraîchi nous aurons rafraîchi vous aurez rafraîchi ils/elles auront rafraîchi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je rafraîchirais tu rafraîchirais il/elle rafraîchirait nous rafraîchirions vous rafraîchiriez ils/elles rafraîchiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais rafraîchi tu aurais rafraîchi il/elle aurait rafraîchi nous aurions rafraîchi vous auriez rafraîchi ils/elles auraient rafraîchi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je rafraîchisse tu rafraîchisses il/elle rafraîchisse nous rafraîchissions vous rafraîchissiez ils/elles rafraîchissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie rafraîchi tu aies rafraîchi il/elle ait rafraîchi nous ayons rafraîchi vous ayez rafraîchi ils/elles aient rafraîchi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je rafraîchis tu rafraîchis il/elle rafraîchit nous rafraîchîmes vous rafraîchîtes ils/elles rafraîchirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus rafraîchi tu eus rafraîchi il/elle eut rafraîchi nous eûmes rafraîchi vous eûtes rafraîchi ils/elles eurent rafraîchi Pronounce these verb forms

This verb falls into the pattern commonly termed regular -ir verb. It is characterised by the consonant -ss- which appears before any ending beginning with a vowel (in the spelling) but not in the infinitive or past participle.

This is the pattern generally followed by verbs based on colours and some other common adjectives (such as (to turn red, blush), jaunir (to turn yellow), grandir (to grow), adoucir (to soften) etc. Many English verbs ending in -ish also have French counterparts ending in -ir and following this pattern (cf finir, polir, vernir (to varnish), abolir, ternir...

Around 300 verbs are reported to follow this pattern (Beescherelle (2006), la conjugaison pour tous). The category is marginally productive:

• On analogy with other verbs of the category, very occasional -ir neologisms are formed (cf amarsir);
• There is a very slight tendancy for irregular -ir verbs to "slip into" the regular -ir pattern. In educated usage, this happens in some senses for saillir and ressortir in some senses, and sometimes for the verb vêtir (Bescherelle, op cit, p. 27). Other non-standard forms occasionally found include vous bouillissez (instead of vous bouillez: see bouillir).