conforter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French conforter, from Late Latin cōnfortāre (“strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.te/

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• Homophones: confortai, confortée, confortées, conforté, confortés, confortez

Verb

conforter

1. (transitive) to comfort
2. (transitive) to reinforce

Conjugation

Conjugation of conforter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	conforter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	confortant /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		conforté /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	conforte /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/	confortes /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/	conforte /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/	confortons /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɔ̃/	confortez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.te/	confortent /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/
	imperfect	confortais /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɛ/	confortais /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɛ/	confortait /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɛ/	confortions /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tjɔ̃/	confortiez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tje/	confortaient /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɛ/
	past historic2	confortai /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.te/	confortas /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ta/	conforta /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ta/	confortâmes /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tam/	confortâtes /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tat/	confortèrent /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɛʁ/
	future	conforterai /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁe/	conforteras /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁa/	confortera /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁa/	conforterons /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/	conforterez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁe/	conforteront /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	conforterais /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	conforterais /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	conforterait /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	conforterions /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	conforteriez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁje/	conforteraient /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	conforte /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/	confortes /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/	conforte /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/	confortions /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tjɔ̃/	confortiez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tje/	confortent /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/
	imperfect2	confortasse /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tas/	confortasses /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tas/	confortât /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ta/	confortassions /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/	confortassiez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ta.sje/	confortassent /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	conforte /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/	—	confortons /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɔ̃/	confortez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• confort
• confortable
• confortablement

Further reading

• “conforter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• forceront

Latin

Verb

cōnforter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnfortō

Old French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin confortō (“strengthen greatly”), from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).

Verb

conforter

1. to reassure
2. to comfort

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of conforter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		conforter			avoir conforté
gerund		en confortant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		confortant
past participle		conforté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	confort	confortes	conforte	confortons	confortez	confortent
	imperfect	confortoie, conforteie, confortoe, conforteve	confortoies, conforteies, confortoes, conforteves	confortoit, conforteit, confortot, conforteve	confortiiens, confortiens	confortiiez, confortiez	confortoient, conforteient, confortoent, confortevent
	preterite	confortai	confortas	conforta	confortames	confortastes	conforterent
	future	conforterai	conforteras	confortera	conforterons	conforteroiz, confortereiz, conforterez	conforteront
	conditional	conforteroie, confortereie	conforteroies, confortereies	conforteroit, confortereit	conforteriiens, conforteriens	conforteriiez, conforteriez	conforteroient, confortereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	confort	conforz	confort	confortons	confortez	confortent
	imperfect	confortasse	confortasses	confortast	confortissons, confortissiens	confortissoiz, confortissez, confortissiez	confortassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	conforte	—	confortons	confortez	—

Descendants

• English: comfort
• French: conforter