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Webster 1913 Edition


Affronter

Af-front′er

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Noun.
One who affronts, or insults to the face.

Webster 1828 Edition


Affronter

AFFRONT'ER

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Noun.
One that affronts.

Definition 2024


affronter

affronter

English

Noun

affronter (plural affronters)

  1. Someone who affronts

Translations


French

Etymology

From Old French afronter (to face; to confront; to slap in the face), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (to strike against), from Latin ad frontem (to the face), from frons (forehead), from the genitive frontis, from Proto-Indo-European *bhront-, from *bhren- (to project; to stand out), or alternatively from *ser- (base of prepositions and preverbs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afʁɔ̃te/

Verb

affronter

  1. to confront, face
  2. (reflexive) to face off, to clash

Synonyms

Conjugation


Norman

Verb

affronter

  1. (Jersey) to face; to confront