infirmer

English

Adjective

infirmer

1. comparative form of infirm: more infirm

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfirmāre (infinitive īnfirmāre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/

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Verb

infirmer

1. to weaken, to undermine (a theory, a testimony, etc.)
2. (law) to invalidate

Conjugation

Conjugation of infirmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	infirmer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	infirmant /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		infirmé /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/	infirmes /ɛ̃.fiʁm/	infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/	infirmons /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɔ̃/	infirmez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/	infirment /ɛ̃.fiʁm/
	imperfect	infirmais /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/	infirmais /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/	infirmait /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/	infirmions /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/	infirmiez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje/	infirmaient /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/
	past historic2	infirmai /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/	infirmas /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma/	infirma /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma/	infirmâmes /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mam/	infirmâtes /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mat/	infirmèrent /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛʁ/
	future	infirmerai /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁe/	infirmeras /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/	infirmera /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/	infirmerons /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/	infirmerez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁe/	infirmeront /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	infirmerais /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	infirmerais /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	infirmerait /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	infirmerions /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	infirmeriez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁje/	infirmeraient /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.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	infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/	infirmes /ɛ̃.fiʁm/	infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/	infirmions /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/	infirmiez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje/	infirment /ɛ̃.fiʁm/
	imperfect2	infirmasse /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mas/	infirmasses /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mas/	infirmât /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma/	infirmassions /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/	infirmassiez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma.sje/	infirmassent /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/	—	infirmons /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɔ̃/	infirmez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/	—
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).

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

īnfirmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of īnfirmō