confirmer
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editconfirmer (plural confirmers)
- One who confirms something
See also
editAnagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fiʁ.me/
- Homophones: confirmai, confirmé, confirmée, confirmées, confirmés, confirmez
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Verb
editconfirmer
- (transitive) to confirm (a fact etc.)
- (transitive) to uphold (a decision)
- (reflexive) to be confirmed, be corroborated
Conjugation
editConjugation of confirmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | confirmer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | confirmant /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | confirmé /kɔ̃.fiʁ.me/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | confirme /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
confirmes /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
confirme /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
confirmons /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɔ̃/ |
confirmez /kɔ̃.fiʁ.me/ |
confirment /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
imperfect | confirmais /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/ |
confirmais /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/ |
confirmait /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/ |
confirmions /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
confirmiez /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mje/ |
confirmaient /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/ | |
past historic2 | confirmai /kɔ̃.fiʁ.me/ |
confirmas /kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma/ |
confirma /kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma/ |
confirmâmes /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mam/ |
confirmâtes /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mat/ |
confirmèrent /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɛʁ/ | |
future | confirmerai /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
confirmeras /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
confirmera /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
confirmerons /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ |
confirmerez /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
confirmeront /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | confirmerais /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
confirmerais /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
confirmerait /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
confirmerions /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
confirmeriez /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁje/ |
confirmeraient /kɔ̃.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 | confirme /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
confirmes /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
confirme /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
confirmions /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
confirmiez /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mje/ |
confirment /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
imperfect2 | confirmasse /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mas/ |
confirmasses /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mas/ |
confirmât /kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma/ |
confirmassions /kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
confirmassiez /kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma.sje/ |
confirmassent /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | confirme /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
— | confirmons /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɔ̃/ |
confirmez /kɔ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “confirmer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈfir.mer/, [kõːˈfɪrmɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈfir.mer/, [koɱˈfirmer]
Verb
editcōnfirmer
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cōnfirmō, cōnfirmāre (“make firm, establish, strengthen, fortify, mature, confirm”), from con- (“with, together”) + firmō, firmāre (“strengthen, fortify”).
Verb
editconfirmer
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