confirmer

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English

Etymology

From confirm +‎ -er.

Noun

confirmer (plural confirmers)

  1. One who confirms something

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French

Etymology

From Middle French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

confirmer

  1. (transitive) to confirm (a fact etc.)
  2. (transitive) to uphold (a decision)
  3. (reflexive) to be confirmed, be corroborated

Conjugation

Conjugation of confirmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple confirmer
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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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Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnfirmer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnfirmō

Norman

Etymology

From Latin cōnfirmō, cōnfirmāre (“make firm, establish, strengthen, fortify, mature, confirm”), from con- (“with, together”) + firmō, firmāre (“strengthen, fortify”).

Verb

confirmer

  1. (Jersey) to confirm
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