affronter

English

Etymology

affront + -er

Noun

affronter (plural affronters)

  1. Someone who affronts.
  2. One who receives an affront.
    • 1833, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, England and the English:
      the affront given, out at once go affronter and affrontee

Translations

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French afronter (to face; to confront; to slap in the face), either a French derivation a- + front + -er, or an inheritance from an unattested Vulgar Latin *affrontāre (to strike against), from Latin ad + frontem. Compare Italian affrontare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.fʁɔ̃.te/
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Verb

affronter

  1. to confront, face
    • 2018, Zaz, Résigne-moi:
      Je rêve de plus me juger, car la vie me montre ce que je dois affronter.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (reflexive) to face off, to clash

Conjugation

Synonyms

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Old French afronter (to face; to confront; to slap in the face), either a derivation a- + front + -er, or an inheritance from an unattested Vulgar Latin *affrontāre (to strike against), from Latin ad + frontem.

Verb

affronter

  1. (Jersey) to face; to confront
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