afin
French, conjunction/a.fɛ̃/
afin is spelled A-F-I-N (4 letters) and appears 204 times per million words in written French, the 398th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afin is a French conjunction meaning “to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mot invariable ne s'employant que dans les locutions prépositive « afin de » (+ infinitif) ou conjonctive «…”.
What does afin mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
to
- 2
so that
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. Mot invariable ne s'employant que dans les locutions prépositive « afin de » (+ infinitif) ou conjonctive « afin que » (+ verbe au subjonctif), permettant d’indiquer dans les constructions le(s) but(s) poursuivi(s).
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.
How do you pronounce afin?
- /a.fɛ̃/
- \a.fɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afin in French?
afin appears 204 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).