affirmer
English
Etymology
From late Middle English affermour; equivalent to affirm + -er.
Noun
affirmer (plural affirmers)
- One who affirms.
Translations
one who affirms
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin affirmāre, affirmō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fiʁ.me/
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Verb
affirmer
Conjugation
Conjugation of affirmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | affirmer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | affirmant /a.fiʁ.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | affirmé /a.fiʁ.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | affirme /a.fiʁm/ |
affirmes /a.fiʁm/ |
affirme /a.fiʁm/ |
affirmons /a.fiʁ.mɔ̃/ |
affirmez /a.fiʁ.me/ |
affirment /a.fiʁm/ |
| imperfect | affirmais /a.fiʁ.mɛ/ |
affirmais /a.fiʁ.mɛ/ |
affirmait /a.fiʁ.mɛ/ |
affirmions /a.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
affirmiez /a.fiʁ.mje/ |
affirmaient /a.fiʁ.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | affirmai /a.fiʁ.me/ |
affirmas /a.fiʁ.ma/ |
affirma /a.fiʁ.ma/ |
affirmâmes /a.fiʁ.mam/ |
affirmâtes /a.fiʁ.mat/ |
affirmèrent /a.fiʁ.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | affirmerai /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
affirmeras /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
affirmera /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
affirmerons /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ |
affirmerez /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
affirmeront /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | affirmerais /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
affirmerais /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
affirmerait /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
affirmerions /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affirmeriez /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁje/ |
affirmeraient /a.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 | affirme /a.fiʁm/ |
affirmes /a.fiʁm/ |
affirme /a.fiʁm/ |
affirmions /a.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
affirmiez /a.fiʁ.mje/ |
affirment /a.fiʁm/ |
| imperfect2 | affirmasse /a.fiʁ.mas/ |
affirmasses /a.fiʁ.mas/ |
affirmât /a.fiʁ.ma/ |
affirmassions /a.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
affirmassiez /a.fiʁ.ma.sje/ |
affirmassent /a.fiʁ.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | affirme /a.fiʁm/ |
— | affirmons /a.fiʁ.mɔ̃/ |
affirmez /a.fiʁ.me/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “affirmer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
affirmer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of affirmō