affectionner
French, verb/a.fɛk.sjɔ.ne/
affectionner is spelled A-F-F-E-C-T-I-O-N-N-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affectionner is a French verb meaning “to affectionate, to feel affection for, to be fond of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aimer avec attachement”.
What does affectionner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to affectionate, to feel affection for, to be fond of
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aimer avec attachement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of affectionner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- affectionnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- affectionné participle past
- affectionne first-person indicative present
- affectionnes indicative present second-person
- affectionnons first-person indicative plural
- affectionnez indicative plural present
- affectionnent indicative plural present
- affectionnais first-person imperfect indicative
- affectionnait imperfect indicative singular
- affectionnions first-person imperfect indicative
- affectionniez imperfect indicative plural
- affectionnaient imperfect indicative plural
- affectionnai first-person historic indicative
- affectionnas historic indicative past
- affectionna historic indicative past
- affectionnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affectionner?
- /a.fɛk.sjɔ.ne/
- \a.fɛk.sjɔ.ne\
- [a.fɛk.sjɔ.ne]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is affectionner in French?
affectionner appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).