confire

French

Etymology

From Old French confire, inherited from Latin conficere, present active infinitive of conficiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.fiʁ/

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Verb

confire

1. to preserve (food)
2. 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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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

• confit
  • confiture

Related terms

• confection
  • confectionner

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• confier
• foncier

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin conficere, present active infinitive of conficiō.

Verb

confire

1. to preserve (food)
2. 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			gerund of avoir + 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	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	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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + 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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (confire)