affirmer

English

Etymology

From late Middle English affermour; equivalent to affirm +‎ -er.

Noun

affirmer (plural affirmers)

1. One who affirms.

Translations

one who affirms

• Middle English: affermour
• Polish: afirmatysta (pl) m (rare)
• Portuguese: afirmador m

Anagrams

• reaffirm

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affirmāre, affirmō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fiʁ.me/

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Verb

affirmer

1. to affirm, to claim

Conjugation

Conjugation of affirmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	affirmer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	affirmant /a.fiʁ.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		affirmé /a.fiʁ.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	affirme /a.fiʁm/	affirmes /a.fiʁm/	affirme /a.fiʁm/	affirmons /a.fiʁ.mɔ̃/	affirmez /a.fiʁ.me/	affirment /a.fiʁm/
	imperfect	affirmais /a.fiʁ.mɛ/	affirmais /a.fiʁ.mɛ/	affirmait /a.fiʁ.mɛ/	affirmions /a.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/	affirmiez /a.fiʁ.mje/	affirmaient /a.fiʁ.mɛ/
	past historic2	affirmai /a.fiʁ.me/	affirmas /a.fiʁ.ma/	affirma /a.fiʁ.ma/	affirmâmes /a.fiʁ.mam/	affirmâtes /a.fiʁ.mat/	affirmèrent /a.fiʁ.mɛʁ/
	future	affirmerai /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁe/	affirmeras /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/	affirmera /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁa/	affirmerons /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/	affirmerez /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁe/	affirmeront /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	affirmerais /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	affirmerais /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	affirmerait /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	affirmerions /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	affirmeriez /a.fiʁ.mə.ʁje/	affirmeraient /a.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	affirme /a.fiʁm/	affirmes /a.fiʁm/	affirme /a.fiʁm/	affirmions /a.fiʁ.mjɔ̃/	affirmiez /a.fiʁ.mje/	affirment /a.fiʁm/
	imperfect2	affirmasse /a.fiʁ.mas/	affirmasses /a.fiʁ.mas/	affirmât /a.fiʁ.ma/	affirmassions /a.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/	affirmassiez /a.fiʁ.ma.sje/	affirmassent /a.fiʁ.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	affirme /a.fiʁm/	—	affirmons /a.fiʁ.mɔ̃/	affirmez /a.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• affirmation

Further reading

• “affirmer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• raffermi

Latin

Verb

affirmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of affirmō