infirmer
English
Adjective
infirmer
- comparative form of infirm: more infirm
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnfirmō (infinitive īnfirmāre).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/
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Verb
infirmer
- to weaken, to undermine (a theory, a testimony, etc.)
- (law) to invalidate
Conjugation
Conjugation of infirmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | infirmer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | infirmant /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | infirmé /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ | infirmes /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ | infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ | infirmons /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɔ̃/ | infirmez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/ | infirment /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ |
imperfect | infirmais /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/ | infirmais /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/ | infirmait /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/ | infirmions /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/ | infirmiez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje/ | infirmaient /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛ/ | |
past historic2 | infirmai /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/ | infirmas /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma/ | infirma /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma/ | infirmâmes /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mam/ | infirmâtes /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mat/ | infirmèrent /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɛʁ/ | |
future | infirmerai /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁe/ | infirmeras /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/ | infirmera /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/ | infirmerons /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | infirmerez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁe/ | infirmeront /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | infirmerais /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | infirmerais /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | infirmerait /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | infirmerions /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | infirmeriez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.ʁje/ | infirmeraient /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mə.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 | infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ | infirmes /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ | infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ | infirmions /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/ | infirmiez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje/ | infirment /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ |
imperfect2 | infirmasse /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mas/ | infirmasses /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mas/ | infirmât /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma/ | infirmassions /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ | infirmassiez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.ma.sje/ | infirmassent /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | infirme /ɛ̃.fiʁm/ | — | infirmons /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mɔ̃/ | infirmez /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “infirmer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
īnfirmer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of īnfirmō