affronter

(Redirected from s'affronter)

English edit

Etymology edit

affront +‎ -er

Noun edit

affronter (plural affronters)

  1. Someone who affronts.
  2. One who receives an affront.
    • 1833, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, England and the English:
      the affront given, out at once go affronter and affrontee

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French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French afronter (to face; to confront; to slap in the face), either a French derivation a- +‎ front +‎ -er, or an inheritance from an unattested Vulgar Latin *affrontāre (to strike against), from Latin ad + frontem. Compare Italian affrontare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /a.fʁɔ̃.te/
  • (file)

Verb edit

affronter

  1. to confront, face
    • 2018, Zaz, Résigne-moi:
      Je rêve de plus me juger, car la vie me montre ce que je dois affronter.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (reflexive) to face off, to clash

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Norman edit

Etymology edit

From Old French afronter (to face; to confront; to slap in the face), either a derivation a- +‎ front +‎ -er, or an inheritance from an unattested Vulgar Latin *affrontāre (to strike against), from Latin ad + frontem.

Verb edit

affronter

  1. (Jersey) to face; to confront