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confire
confire
French
Verb
confire
Conjugation
Conjugation of confire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | confire | avoir confit | |||||
| gerund | en confisant | en ayant confit | |||||
| present participle | confisant /kɔ̃.fi.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | confit /kɔ̃.fi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | confis /kɔ̃.fi/ |
confis /kɔ̃.fi/ |
confit /kɔ̃.fi/ |
confîmes /kɔ̃.fim/ |
confîtes /kɔ̃.fit/ |
confirent /kɔ̃.fiʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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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 | confise /kɔ̃.fiz/ |
confises /kɔ̃.fiz/ |
confise /kɔ̃.fiz/ |
confisions /kɔ̃.fi.zjɔ̃/ |
confisiez /kɔ̃.fi.zje/ |
confisent /kɔ̃.fiz/ |
| imperfect1 |
confisse /kɔ̃.fis/ |
confisses /kɔ̃.fis/ |
confît /kɔ̃.fi/ |
confissions /kɔ̃.fi.sjɔ̃/ |
confissiez /kɔ̃.fi.sje/ |
confissent /kɔ̃.fis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | confis /kɔ̃.fi/ |
— | confisons /kɔ̃.fi.zɔ̃/ |
confisez /kɔ̃.fi.ze/ |
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Related terms
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
From Latin conficere, present active infinitive of conficiō.
Verb
confire
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 | ||||||
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| 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 | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- French: confire