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s'affronter
affronter
English
Noun
affronter (plural affronters)
- Someone who affronts
Translations
someone who affronts
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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
Synonyms
Conjugation
Conjugation of affronter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | affronter | avoir affronté | |||||
| gerund | en affrontant | en ayant affronté | |||||
| present participle | affrontant /a.fʁɔ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | affronté /a.fʁɔ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | affronte /a.fʁɔ̃t/ |
affrontes /a.fʁɔ̃t/ |
affronte /a.fʁɔ̃t/ |
affrontons /a.fʁɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
affrontez /a.fʁɔ̃.te/ |
affrontent /a.fʁɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect | affrontais /a.fʁɔ̃.tɛ/ |
affrontais /a.fʁɔ̃.tɛ/ |
affrontait /a.fʁɔ̃.tɛ/ |
affrontions /a.fʁɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
affrontiez /a.fʁɔ̃.tje/ |
affrontaient /a.fʁɔ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | affrontai /a.fʁɔ̃.te/ |
affrontas /a.fʁɔ̃.ta/ |
affronta /a.fʁɔ̃.ta/ |
affrontâmes /a.fʁɔ̃.tam/ |
affrontâtes /a.fʁɔ̃.tat/ |
affrontèrent /a.fʁɔ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | affronterai /a.fʁɔ̃.tʁe/ |
affronteras /a.fʁɔ̃.tʁa/ |
affrontera /a.fʁɔ̃.tʁa/ |
affronterons /a.fʁɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
affronterez /a.fʁɔ̃.tʁe/ |
affronteront /a.fʁɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | affronterais /a.fʁɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
affronterais /a.fʁɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
affronterait /a.fʁɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
affronterions /a.fʁɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affronteriez /a.fʁɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
affronteraient /a.fʁɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | affronte /a.fʁɔ̃t/ |
affrontes /a.fʁɔ̃t/ |
affronte /a.fʁɔ̃t/ |
affrontions /a.fʁɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
affrontiez /a.fʁɔ̃.tje/ |
affrontent /a.fʁɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
affrontasse /a.fʁɔ̃.tas/ |
affrontasses /a.fʁɔ̃.tas/ |
affrontât /a.fʁɔ̃.ta/ |
affrontassions /a.fʁɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
affrontassiez /a.fʁɔ̃.ta.sje/ |
affrontassent /a.fʁɔ̃.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | affronte /a.fʁɔ̃t/ |
— | affrontons /a.fʁɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
affrontez /a.fʁɔ̃.te/ |
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