confire
French
Etymology
From Old French confire, inherited from Latin cōnficere, present active infinitive of cōnficiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fiʁ/
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Verb
confire
- to preserve (food)
- to pickle (food)
Conjugation
Conjugation of confire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | confire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | confisant /kɔ̃.fi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | confit /kɔ̃.fi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | confis /kɔ̃.fi/ | confis /kɔ̃.fi/ | confit /kɔ̃.fi/ | confisons /kɔ̃.fi.zɔ̃/ | confisez /kɔ̃.fi.ze/ | confisent /kɔ̃.fiz/ |
| imperfect | confisais /kɔ̃.fi.zɛ/ | confisais /kɔ̃.fi.zɛ/ | confisait /kɔ̃.fi.zɛ/ | confisions /kɔ̃.fi.zjɔ̃/ | confisiez /kɔ̃.fi.zje/ | confisaient /kɔ̃.fi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | confis /kɔ̃.fi/ | confis /kɔ̃.fi/ | confit /kɔ̃.fi/ | confîmes /kɔ̃.fim/ | confîtes /kɔ̃.fit/ | confirent /kɔ̃.fiʁ/ | |
| future | confirai /kɔ̃.fi.ʁe/ | confiras /kɔ̃.fi.ʁa/ | confira /kɔ̃.fi.ʁa/ | confirons /kɔ̃.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | confirez /kɔ̃.fi.ʁe/ | confiront /kɔ̃.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | confirais /kɔ̃.fi.ʁɛ/ | confirais /kɔ̃.fi.ʁɛ/ | confirait /kɔ̃.fi.ʁɛ/ | confirions /kɔ̃.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | confiriez /kɔ̃.fi.ʁje/ | confiraient /kɔ̃.fi.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 | confise /kɔ̃.fiz/ | confises /kɔ̃.fiz/ | confise /kɔ̃.fiz/ | confisions /kɔ̃.fi.zjɔ̃/ | confisiez /kɔ̃.fi.zje/ | confisent /kɔ̃.fiz/ |
| imperfect2 | confisse /kɔ̃.fis/ | confisses /kɔ̃.fis/ | confît /kɔ̃.fi/ | confissions /kɔ̃.fi.sjɔ̃/ | confissiez /kɔ̃.fi.sje/ | confissent /kɔ̃.fis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | confis /kɔ̃.fi/ | — | confisons /kɔ̃.fi.zɔ̃/ | confisez /kɔ̃.fi.ze/ | — | |
| 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
- confit
- confiture
Related terms
- confection
- confectionner
- confectionneur, confectionneuse
- confiseur, confiseuse
- confiserie
Further reading
- “confire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- confier
- foncier
Old French
Etymology
From Latin conficere, present active infinitive of conficiō.
Verb
confire
- to preserve (food)
- to pickle (food)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of confire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | confire | avoir confit | |||||
| gerund | en confisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | confisant | ||||||
| past participle | confit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | confis | confis | confist, confit | confisons | confisiez | confisent |
| imperfect | confisoie, confiseie | confisoies, confiseies | confisoit, confiseit | confisiiens, confisiens | confisiiez, confisiez | confisoient, confiseient | |
| preterite | confi, confis | confis, confesis | confi, confist | confimes, confesimes | confistes, confesistes | confirent, confistrent | |
| future | confirai | confiras | confira | confirons | confiroiz, confireiz, confirez | confiront | |
| conditional | confiroie, confireie | confiroies, confireies | confiroit, confireit | confiriiens, confiriens | confiriiez, confiriez | confiroient, confireient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | confise | confises | confise | confisiens, confisons | confisiez | confisent |
| imperfect | confisse, confesisse | confisses, confesisses | confist, confesist | confissons, confissiens, confesissons, confesissiens | confissoiz, confissez, confissiez, confesissoiz, confesissez, confesissiez | confissent, confesissent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | confis | — | confisons | confisiez | — | ||
Related terms
- confit
Descendants
- French: confire
Further reading
- “confire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (confire)