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infirmer
infirmer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnfirmō, īnfirmāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/
Verb
infirmer
- to weaken, to undermine (a theory, a testimony, etc.).
- (law) To invalidate.
Conjugation
Conjugation of infirmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | infirmer | avoir infirmé | |||||
| gerund | en infirmant | en ayant infirmé | |||||
| present participle | infirmant /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | infirmé /ɛ̃.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 | infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ |
infirmes /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ |
infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ |
infirmons /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɔ̃/ |
infirmez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/ |
infirment /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ |
| imperfect | infirmais /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/ |
infirmais /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/ |
infirmait /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/ |
infirmions /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
infirmiez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje/ |
infirmaient /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | infirmai /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/ |
infirmas /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma/ |
infirma /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma/ |
infirmâmes /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mam/ |
infirmâtes /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mat/ |
infirmèrent /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | infirmerai /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
infirmeras /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
infirmera /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
infirmerons /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ |
infirmerez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
infirmeront /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | infirmerais /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
infirmerais /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
infirmerait /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
infirmerions /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
infirmeriez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁje/ |
infirmeraient /ɛ̃.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 | infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ |
infirmes /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ |
infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ |
infirmions /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
infirmiez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje/ |
infirment /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ |
| imperfect1 |
infirmasse /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mas/ |
infirmasses /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mas/ |
infirmât /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma/ |
infirmassions /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
infirmassiez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma.sje/ |
infirmassent /ɛ̃.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 | – | |
| — | infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ |
— | infirmons /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɔ̃/ |
infirmez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||