confire

French

Etymology

From Old French confire, inherited from Latin conficere, present active infinitive of conficiō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fiʁ/
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Verb

confire

  1. to preserve (food)
  2. to pickle (food)

Conjugation
Conjugation of confire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle confisant
/kɔ̃.fi.zɑ̃/
past participle confit
/kɔ̃.fi/
infinitive
simple confire
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple confisant
/kɔ̃.fi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present confis
/kɔ̃.fi/		 confis
/kɔ̃.fi/		 confit
/kɔ̃.fi/		 confisons
/kɔ̃.fi.zɔ̃/		 confisez
/kɔ̃.fi.ze/		 confisent
/kɔ̃.fiz/
imperfect confisais
/kɔ̃.fi.zɛ/		 confisais
/kɔ̃.fi.zɛ/		 confisait
/kɔ̃.fi.zɛ/		 confisions
/kɔ̃.fi.zjɔ̃/		 confisiez
/kɔ̃.fi.zje/		 confisaient
/kɔ̃.fi.zɛ/
past historic2 confis
/kɔ̃.fi/		 confis
/kɔ̃.fi/		 confit
/kɔ̃.fi/		 confîmes
/kɔ̃.fim/		 confîtes
/kɔ̃.fit/		 confirent
/kɔ̃.fiʁ/
future confirai
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁe/		 confiras
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁa/		 confira
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁa/		 confirons
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 confirez
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁe/		 confiront
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional confirais
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁɛ/		 confirais
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁɛ/		 confirait
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁɛ/		 confirions
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 confiriez
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁje/		 confiraient
/kɔ̃.fi.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 confise
/kɔ̃.fiz/		 confises
/kɔ̃.fiz/		 confise
/kɔ̃.fiz/		 confisions
/kɔ̃.fi.zjɔ̃/		 confisiez
/kɔ̃.fi.zje/		 confisent
/kɔ̃.fiz/
imperfect2 confisse
/kɔ̃.fis/		 confisses
/kɔ̃.fis/		 confît
/kɔ̃.fi/		 confissions
/kɔ̃.fi.sjɔ̃/		 confissiez
/kɔ̃.fi.sje/		 confissent
/kɔ̃.fis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — confis
/kɔ̃.fi/		 — confisons
/kɔ̃.fi.zɔ̃/		 confisez
/kɔ̃.fi.ze/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin conficere, present active infinitive of conficiō.

Verb

confire

  1. to preserve (food)
  2. to pickle (food)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of confire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive confire avoir confit
gerund en confisant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle confisant
past participle confit
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present confis confis confist, confit confisons confisiez confisent
imperfect confisoie, confiseie confisoies, confiseies confisoit, confiseit confisiiens, confisiens confisiiez, confisiez confisoient, confiseient
preterite confi, confis confis, confesis confi, confist confimes, confesimes confistes, confesistes confirent, confistrent
future confirai confiras confira confirons confiroiz, confireiz, confirez confiront
conditional confiroie, confireie confiroies, confireies confiroit, confireit confiriiens, confiriens confiriiez, confiriez confiroient, confireient
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 anterior Use the preterite 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 jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present confise confises confise confisiens, confisons confisiez confisent
imperfect confisse, confesisse confisses, confesisses confist, confesist confissons, confissiens, confesissons, confesissiens confissoiz, confissez, confissiez, confesissoiz, confesissez, confesissiez confissent, confesissent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— confis — confisons confisiez —

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