affronter

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English

Etymology

affront +‎ -er

Noun

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

Translations

French

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /a.fʁɔ̃.te/
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Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of affronter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affronter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affrontant
/a.fʁɔ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affronté
/a.fʁɔ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present affronte
/a.fʁɔ̃t/ 		affrontes
/a.fʁɔ̃t/ 		affronte
/a.fʁɔ̃t/ 		affrontons
/a.fʁɔ̃.tɔ̃/ 		affrontez
/a.fʁɔ̃.te/ 		affrontent
/a.fʁɔ̃t/
imperfect affrontais
/a.fʁɔ̃.tɛ/ 		affrontais
/a.fʁɔ̃.tɛ/ 		affrontait
/a.fʁɔ̃.tɛ/ 		affrontions
/a.fʁɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		affrontiez
/a.fʁɔ̃.tje/ 		affrontaient
/a.fʁɔ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 affrontai
/a.fʁɔ̃.te/ 		affrontas
/a.fʁɔ̃.ta/ 		affronta
/a.fʁɔ̃.ta/ 		affrontâmes
/a.fʁɔ̃.tam/ 		affrontâtes
/a.fʁɔ̃.tat/ 		affrontèrent
/a.fʁɔ̃.tɛʁ/
future affronterai
/a.fʁɔ̃.tʁe/ 		affronteras
/a.fʁɔ̃.tʁa/ 		affrontera
/a.fʁɔ̃.tʁa/ 		affronterons
/a.fʁɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		affronterez
/a.fʁɔ̃.tʁe/ 		affronteront
/a.fʁɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional affronterais
/a.fʁɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		affronterais
/a.fʁɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		affronterait
/a.fʁɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		affronterions
/a.fʁɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		affronteriez
/a.fʁɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		affronteraient
/a.fʁɔ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 affronte
/a.fʁɔ̃t/ 		affrontes
/a.fʁɔ̃t/ 		affronte
/a.fʁɔ̃t/ 		affrontions
/a.fʁɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		affrontiez
/a.fʁɔ̃.tje/ 		affrontent
/a.fʁɔ̃t/
imperfect2 affrontasse
/a.fʁɔ̃.tas/ 		affrontasses
/a.fʁɔ̃.tas/ 		affrontât
/a.fʁɔ̃.ta/ 		affrontassions
/a.fʁɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		affrontassiez
/a.fʁɔ̃.ta.sje/ 		affrontassent
/a.fʁɔ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — affronte
/a.fʁɔ̃t/ 		— affrontons
/a.fʁɔ̃.tɔ̃/ 		affrontez
/a.fʁɔ̃.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading

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Etymology

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

affronter

  1. (Jersey) to face; to confront
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