raffinage, n.m., refining.

raffiné, n.m., fashionable rake.

raffiné, -e, adj., refined, delicate; keen, sharp, subtle, clever, consummate.

raffinement (ra-fi-n-mān), n.m., refinement, affected nicety.

raffiner, v.a., to refine.

se raffiner, v.r., to refine, to be refined, to become refined.

raffiner, v.n., to refine. — sur le point d’honneur; to be over-nice upon the point of honor.

raffinerie (ra-fi-n-rî), n.f., refinery; sugar-refinery, refining.

raffineur, n.m., refiner. — de sucre; sugar-refiner, sugar-baker.