affamer

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ faim +‎ -er. Faim reverts to its Latin root fames.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fa.me/

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Verb

affamer

1. (transitive) to starve (somebody or something, like a city during a siege)

   Antonyms: nourrir, approvisionner, donner à manger

Conjugation

Conjugation of affamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	affamer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	affamant /a.fa.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		affamé /a.fa.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	affame /a.fam/	affames /a.fam/	affame /a.fam/	affamons /a.fa.mɔ̃/	affamez /a.fa.me/	affament /a.fam/
	imperfect	affamais /a.fa.mɛ/	affamais /a.fa.mɛ/	affamait /a.fa.mɛ/	affamions /a.fa.mjɔ̃/	affamiez /a.fa.mje/	affamaient /a.fa.mɛ/
	past historic2	affamai /a.fa.me/	affamas /a.fa.ma/	affama /a.fa.ma/	affamâmes /a.fa.mam/	affamâtes /a.fa.mat/	affamèrent /a.fa.mɛʁ/
	future	affamerai /a.fam.ʁe/	affameras /a.fam.ʁa/	affamera /a.fam.ʁa/	affamerons /a.fam.ʁɔ̃/	affamerez /a.fam.ʁe/	affameront /a.fam.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	affamerais /a.fam.ʁɛ/	affamerais /a.fam.ʁɛ/	affamerait /a.fam.ʁɛ/	affamerions /a.fa.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	affameriez /a.fa.mə.ʁje/	affameraient /a.fam.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	affame /a.fam/	affames /a.fam/	affame /a.fam/	affamions /a.fa.mjɔ̃/	affamiez /a.fa.mje/	affament /a.fam/
	imperfect2	affamasse /a.fa.mas/	affamasses /a.fa.mas/	affamât /a.fa.ma/	affamassions /a.fa.ma.sjɔ̃/	affamassiez /a.fa.ma.sje/	affamassent /a.fa.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	affame /a.fam/	—	affamons /a.fa.mɔ̃/	affamez /a.fa.me/	—
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).

Related terms

• affamé
• affamement
• faim

Further reading

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

Middle French

Verb

affamer

1. (transitive) to starve

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of affamer

infinitive	simple	affamer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	affamant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		affamé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	affame	affames	affame	affamons	affamez	affament
	imperfect	affamois, affamoys	affamois, affamoys	affamoit, affamoyt	affamions, affamyons	affamiez, affamyez	affamoient, affamoyent
	past historic	affama	affamas	affama	affamasmes	affamastes	affamerent
	future	affamerai, affameray	affameras	affamera	affamerons	affamerez	affameront
	conditional	affamerois, affameroys	affamerois, affameroys	affameroit, affameroyt	affamerions, affameryons	affameriez, affameryez	affameroient, affameroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	affame	affames	affame	affamons	affamez	affament
	imperfect	affamasse	affamasses	affamast	affamassions	affamassiez	affamassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	affame	—	affamons	affamez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).