confronter

English

Etymology

From confront +‎ -er.

Noun

confronter (plural confronters)

  1. Someone who or something which confronts.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.te/
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Verb

confronter

  1. to confront
  2. to contrast, to compare

Conjugation

Conjugation of confronter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple confronter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple confrontant
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle confronté
/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on 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 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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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