conforter
French
Etymology
From Old French conforter, from Late Latin cōnfortō (“strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.te/
Audio (file) - Homophones: confortai, confortée, confortées, conforté, confortés, confortez
Verb
conforter
- (transitive) to comfort
- (transitive) to reinforce
Conjugation
Conjugation of conforter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | conforter | |||||
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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
- confort
- confortable
- confortablement
Further reading
- “conforter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- forceront
Latin
Verb
cōnforter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnfortō
Old French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin confortō (“strengthen greatly”), from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).
Verb
conforter
- to reassure
- to comfort
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.
Conjugation of conforter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | conforter | avoir conforté | |||||
gerund | en confortant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | 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 | confort | conforz | confort | confortons | confortez | confortent |
imperfect | confortasse | confortasses | confortast | confortissons, confortissiens | confortissoiz, confortissez, confortissiez | confortassent | |
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 | – | |
— | conforte | — | confortons | confortez | — |
Descendants
- English: comfort
- French: conforter