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Webster 1913 Edition
Confirmer
Con-firm′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who corroborates.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Confirmer
CONFIRMER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
confirmer
confirmer
French
Etymology
Middle French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃fiʁme/
Verb
confirmer
- (transitive) to confirm (a fact etc.)
- (transitive) to uphold (a decision)
- (reflexive) to be confirmed, be corroborated
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of confirmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | confirmer | avoir confirmé | |||||
| gerund | en confirmant | en ayant confirmé | |||||
| present participle | confirmant /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | confirmé /kɔ̃.fiʁ.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | confirmai /kɔ̃.fiʁ.me/ |
confirmas /kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma/ |
confirma /kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma/ |
confirmâmes /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mam/ |
confirmâtes /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mat/ |
confirmèrent /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | confirme /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
confirmes /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
confirme /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
confirmions /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
confirmiez /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mje/ |
confirment /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | confirme /kɔ̃.fiʁm/ |
— | confirmons /kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɔ̃/ |
confirmez /kɔ̃.fiʁ.me/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Norman
Etymology
From Latin cōnfirmō, cōnfirmāre (“make firm, establish, strengthen, fortify, mature, confirm”), from con- (“with, together”) + firmō, firmāre (“strengthen, fortify”).
Verb
confirmer