affranchir

== French == === Etymology === From a- +‎ franc +‎ -ir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃiʁ/ === Verb === affranchir (transitive) to free, liberate, enfranchise, emancipate (transitive) to discharge, exempt (transitive) to prepay (postage), frank (a letter) (slang, transitive) to pervert (slang, transitive) to inform (reflexive) to release or free oneself ==== Conjugation ==== This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-. ==== Derived terms ==== affranchissable affranchissement === Further reading === “affranchir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012