different between affecter vs affective

English

Etymology

affect +? -er

Noun

affecter (plural affecters)

1. A person who affects to know something or to be something.

Related terms

• affectation
• affective
• affection
• affectionate

Translations

Anagrams

• reaffect

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affect?re, present active infinitive of affect?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.f?k.te/

Verb

affecter

1. (transitive) to feign, affect (an emotion, etc.)
2. (transitive) to allocate (something), assign (someone) (à (“to”))
3. (transitive) to affect, influence

Conjugation

Further reading

• “affecter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

affecter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of affect?

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus, past participle of afficere (“to affect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f?kt?v/
• Homophone: effective
• Rhymes: -?kt?v

Adjective

affective (comparative more affective, superlative most affective)

1. Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
2. Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• effective
• cognitive
• motor

French

Adjective

affective

1. feminine singular of affectif

Latin

Adjective

affect?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of affect?vus