"confirmer" meaning in French

See confirmer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kɔ̃.fiʁ.me/ Audio: Fr-confirmer.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-confirmer.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-confirmer.wav
Etymology: From Middle French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|frm|confermer}} Middle French confermer, {{der|fr|la|cōnfirmō|cōnfirmāre}} Latin cōnfirmāre Head templates: {{fr-verb}} confirmer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], confirmer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], confirmant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], confirmé [participle, past], confirme [first-person, indicative, present, singular], confirmes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], confirme [indicative, present, singular, third-person], confirmons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], confirmez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], confirment [indicative, plural, present, third-person], confirmais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], confirmais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], confirmait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], confirmions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], confirmiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], confirmaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], confirmai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], confirmas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], confirma [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], confirmâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], confirmâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], confirmèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], confirmerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], confirmeras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], confirmera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], confirmerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], confirmerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], confirmeront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], confirmerais [conditional, first-person, singular], confirmerais [conditional, second-person, singular], confirmerait [conditional, singular, third-person], confirmerions [conditional, first-person, plural], confirmeriez [conditional, plural, second-person], confirmeraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], confirme [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], confirmes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], confirme [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], confirmions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], confirmiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], confirment [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], confirmasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], confirmasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], confirmât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], confirmassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], confirmassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], confirmassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], confirme [imperative, second-person, singular], confirmons [first-person, imperative, plural], confirmez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to confirm (a fact etc.) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-confirmer-fr-verb-W7Xbkofs Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 31 37 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 37 31
  2. (transitive) to uphold (a decision) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-confirmer-fr-verb-zJI1og0R Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 24 49 28 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 31 37 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 37 31
  3. (reflexive) to be confirmed, be corroborated Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-confirmer-fr-verb-SF5FWnA3 Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 31 37 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 37 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: exception qui confirme la règle, l'exception confirme la règle Related terms: confirmation

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "exception qui confirme la règle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "l'exception confirme la règle"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "confermer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French confermer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cōnfirmō",
        "4": "cōnfirmāre"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cōnfirmāre",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "confirmer",
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confirmant",
      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "form": "confirmé",
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    },
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        "singular"
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      "form": "confirmait",
      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "confirmions",
      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "confirmiez",
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        "third-person"
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      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mat/",
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        "second-person"
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      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "third-person"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/",
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      "form": "confirmeront",
      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/",
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        "third-person"
      ]
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "confirmerait",
      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confirmerions",
      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "confirmeriez",
      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "confirmeraient",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
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      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
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    {
      "form": "confirmasse",
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    {
      "form": "confirmât",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confirmassions",
      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "confirmassiez",
      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "confirmassent",
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      "word": "exception qui confirme la règle"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.