The French for refine is the verb raffiner

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French for refine is the regular ER verb raffiner, outlined here in detail in the tenses employed in today's French language.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb raffiner - French for refine

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of raffiner, which is French for refine.

• I refine.
• you refined.
• he will refine.
• we would refine.
• they may refine.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for raffiner, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE raffiner
Simple Tenses raffiner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent refine	raffine	raffines	raffine	raffinons	raffinez	raffinent
Past Imperfect Imparfait refined	raffinais	raffinais	raffinait	raffinions	raffiniez	raffinaient
Simple Past Passé Simple refined	raffinai	raffinas	raffina	raffinâmes	raffinâtes	raffinèrent
Future Futur will refine	raffinerai	raffineras	raffinera	raffinerons	raffinerez	raffineront
Conditional Conditionnel would refine	raffinerais	raffinerais	raffinerait	raffinerions	raffineriez	raffineraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may refine	raffine	raffines	raffine	raffinions	raffiniez	raffinent
Compound Tenses raffiner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have refined	ai raffiné	as raffiné	a raffiné	avons raffiné	avez raffiné	ont raffiné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had refined	avais raffiné	avais raffiné	avait raffiné	avions raffiné	aviez raffiné	avaient raffiné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai raffiné	auras raffiné	aura raffiné	aurons raffiné	aurez raffiné	auront raffiné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have refined	aurais raffiné	aurais raffiné	aurait raffiné	aurions raffiné	auriez raffiné	auraient raffiné
Imperative Imperatif refine!		raffine		raffinons	raffinez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of raffiner the French for refine
présent de l’indicatif

je raffine
- I refine
tu raffines
- you refine - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on raffine
- he, she, it, one refines
nous raffinons
- we refine
vous raffinez
- you refine (formal or plural)
ils, elles raffinent
- they refine

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of raffiner, the French for refine
imparfait de l’indicatif

je raffinais
- I refined
- I was refining
tu raffinais
- you refined- (familiar or informal)
- you were refining
il, elle, on raffinait
- he, she, it, one refined
- he, she, it, one was refining
nous raffinions
- we refined
- we were refining
vous raffiniez
- you refined- (formal or plural)
- you were refining
ils, elles raffinaient
- they refined
- they were refining

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of raffiner, the French for refine
passé simple

je raffinai
- I refined
tu raffinas
- you refined- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on raffina
- he, she, it, one refined
nous raffinâmes
- we refined
vous raffinâtes
- you refined- (formal or plural)
ils, elles raffinèrent
they refined
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of raffiner, the French for refine
futur

je raffinerai
- I will refine
tu raffineras
- you will refine (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on raffinera
- he, she, it, one will refine
nous raffinerons
- we will refine
vous raffinerez
- you will refine (formal or plural)
ils, elles raffineront
- they will refine

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Conditional Tense conjugations of raffiner, the French for refine
conditionnel

je raffinerais
- I would refine
tu raffinerais
- you would refine (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on raffinerait
- he, she, it, one would refine
nous raffinerions
- we would refine
vous raffineriez
- you would refine (formal or plural)
ils, elles raffineraient
- they would refine

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of raffiner, the French for refine
présent de subjonctif

que je raffine
- that I may refine
que tu raffines
- that you may refine(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on raffine
- that he, she, it, one may refine
que nous raffinions
- that we may refine
que vous raffiniez
- that you may refine(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles raffinent
- that they may refine

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb raffiner - the verb ‘to refine’ in French

Past Participle of raffiner is:
raffiné -refined.

Because the past participle is used with the various tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

• I have refined
• you had refined
• he will have refined
• we would have refined

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of raffiner - French for refine
passé composé

Here’s the French for refine conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai raffiné
- I have refined or I did refine or
- I refined
tu as raffiné
- you have refined or you did refine - (familiar or informal) or
- you refined
il, elle, on a raffiné
- he, she, it, one has refine or did refine
- he, she, it refined
nous avons raffiné
- we have refined or we did refine
- we refined
vous avez raffiné
- you have refined or you did refine (formal or plural) or
- or we refined
ils, elles ont raffiné
- they have refined or they did refine
- they refined

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of raffiner - refine in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -refine conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais raffiné
- I had refined
tu avais raffiné
- you had refined- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait raffiné
- he, she, it, one had refined
nous avions raffiné
- we had refined
vous aviez raffiné
- you had refined (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient raffiné
- they had refined

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of raffiner, the French for refine
futur antérieur

j’aurai raffiné
- I will have
tu auras raffiné
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura raffiné
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons raffiné
- we will have
vous aurez raffiné
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront raffiné
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of raffiner, the French for refine
conditionnel passé

j’aurais raffiné
- I would have refined
tu aurais raffiné
- you would have refined- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait raffiné
- he, she, it, one would have refined
nous aurions raffiné
- we would have refined
vous auriez raffiné
- you would have refined- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient raffiné
- they would have refined

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Imperative Tense conjugations of raffiner, the French for refine
impératif

raffine
- refine!
raffinons
- let’s refine!
raffinez
- refine!

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Present Participle of raffiner

raffinant - refining

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