conforter
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French conforter, from Late Latin cōnfortāre (“strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).
Pronunciation
Conjugation
Conjugation of conforter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | conforter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | confortant /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | conforté /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | conforte /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/ |
confortes /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/ |
conforte /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/ |
confortons /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
confortez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.te/ |
confortent /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/ |
| imperfect | confortais /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɛ/ |
confortais /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɛ/ |
confortait /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɛ/ |
confortions /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
confortiez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tje/ |
confortaient /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | confortai /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.te/ |
confortas /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ta/ |
conforta /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ta/ |
confortâmes /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tam/ |
confortâtes /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tat/ |
confortèrent /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | conforterai /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
conforteras /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
confortera /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
conforterons /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
conforterez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
conforteront /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | conforterais /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
conforterais /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
conforterait /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
conforterions /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
conforteriez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.ʁje/ |
conforteraient /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tə.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 | conforte /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/ |
confortes /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/ |
conforte /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/ |
confortions /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
confortiez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tje/ |
confortent /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/ |
| imperfect2 | confortasse /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tas/ |
confortasses /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tas/ |
confortât /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ta/ |
confortassions /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
confortassiez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ta.sje/ |
confortassent /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | conforte /kɔ̃.fɔʁt/ |
— | confortons /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
confortez /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “conforter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Old French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin confortō (“strengthen greatly”), from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | conforter | avoir conforté | |||||
| gerund | en confortant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | confortant | ||||||
| past participle | conforté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | confort | confortes | conforte | confortons | confortez | confortent |
| imperfect | confortoie, conforteie, confortoe, conforteve | confortoies, conforteies, confortoes, conforteves | confortoit, conforteit, confortot, conforteve | confortiiens, confortiens | confortiiez, confortiez | confortoient, conforteient, confortoent, confortevent | |
| preterite | confortai | confortas | conforta | confortames | confortastes | conforterent | |
| future | conforterai | conforteras | confortera | conforterons | conforteroiz, confortereiz, conforterez | conforteront | |
| conditional | conforteroie, confortereie | conforteroies, confortereies | conforteroit, confortereit | conforteriiens, conforteriens | conforteriiez, conforteriez | conforteroient, confortereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | confort | conforz | confort | confortons | confortez | confortent |
| imperfect | confortasse | confortasses | confortast | confortissons, confortissiens | confortissoiz, confortissez, confortissiez | confortassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | conforte | — | confortons | confortez | — | ||
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