affronter

English

Noun

affronter (plural affronters)

1. Someone who affronts

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French

Etymology

From Old French afronter (“to face; to confront; to slap in the face”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to strike against”), from Latin ad frontem (“to the face”), from frons (“forehead”), from the genitive frontis, from Proto-Indo-European *bhront-, from *bhren- (“to project; to stand out”), or alternatively from *ser- (“base of prepositions and preverbs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /afʁɔ̃te/

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Verb

affronter

1. to confront, face
2. (reflexive) to face off, to clash

Synonyms

• faire face

Conjugation

   Conjugation of affronter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		affronter			avoir affronté
gerund		en affrontant			en ayant affronté
present participle		affrontant
past participle		affronté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	affronte	affrontes	affronte	affrontons	affrontez	affrontent
	imperfect	affrontais	affrontais	affrontait	affrontions	affrontiez	affrontaient
	past historic1	affrontai	affrontas	affronta	affrontâmes	affrontâtes	affrontèrent
	future	affronterai	affronteras	affrontera	affronterons	affronterez	affronteront
	conditional	affronterais	affronterais	affronterait	affronterions	affronteriez	affronteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	affronte	affrontes	affronte	affrontions	affrontiez	affrontent
	imperfect1	affrontasse	affrontasses	affrontât	affrontassions	affrontassiez	affrontassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	affronte	—	affrontons	affrontez	—
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