confirmer

English

Etymology

confirm +‎ -er.

Noun

confirmer (plural confirmers)

  1. One who confirms something

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Middle French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fiʁ.me/
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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)
present participle confirmant
/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɑ̃/
past participle confirmé
/kɔ̃.fiʁ.me/
infinitive
simple confirmer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple confirmant
/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɑ̃/
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 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 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).

Further reading

Latin

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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