confronter

English

Etymology

confront +‎ -er.

Noun

confronter (plural confronters)

  1. Someone who or something which confronts.

French

Verb

confronter

  1. to confront
  2. to contrast, to compare

Conjugation
Conjugation of confronter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle confrontant
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tɑ̃/
past participle confronté
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.te/
infinitive
simple confronter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple confrontant
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tɑ̃/
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 confronte
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃t/		 confrontes
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃t/		 confronte
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃t/		 confrontons
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tɔ̃/		 confrontez
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.te/		 confrontent
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃t/
imperfect confrontais
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tɛ/		 confrontais
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tɛ/		 confrontait
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tɛ/		 confrontions
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tjɔ̃/		 confrontiez
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tje/		 confrontaient
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 confrontai
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.te/		 confrontas
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta/		 confronta
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta/		 confrontâmes
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tam/		 confrontâtes
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tat/		 confrontèrent
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tɛʁ/
future confronterai
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tʁe/		 confronteras
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tʁa/		 confrontera
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tʁa/		 confronterons
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 confronterez
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tʁe/		 confronteront
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional confronterais
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tʁɛ/		 confronterais
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tʁɛ/		 confronterait
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tʁɛ/		 confronterions
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 confronteriez
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tə.ʁje/		 confronteraient
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 confronte
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃t/		 confrontes
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃t/		 confronte
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃t/		 confrontions
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tjɔ̃/		 confrontiez
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tje/		 confrontent
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃t/
imperfect2 confrontasse
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tas/		 confrontasses
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tas/		 confrontât
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta/		 confrontassions
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 confrontassiez
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta.sje/		 confrontassent
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — confronte
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃t/		 — confrontons
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tɔ̃/		 confrontez
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.te/		 —
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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