confronter
Part of speech: verb
Morphology: compound
Topics: law
Etymology: Du latin médiéval confrontare (« confiner à »), composé de cum (« avec ») et frons (« front »).
Senses:
gloss: Mettre des personnes en présence les unes des autres, pour voir si elles conviendront d’un fait dont il s’agit.
pos: verb
examples: Confronter deux personnes ensemble.
gloss: Faire comparaître des témoins et des accusés, les uns devant les autres pour les interroger.
pos: verb
tags: especially
examples: Confronter les témoins à l’accusé, avec l’accusé.
gloss: Conférer une chose avec une autre, examiner deux choses en même temps, pour les comparer ensemble.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: En fait, Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) est confronté à un fouillis de symptômes mal définis échappant aux classifications nosographiques.
Confronter deux écritures.
Confronter la copie à l’original.
gloss: Interroger une seule personne pour lui demander des comptes sur un comportement supposé déloyal.
pos: verb
tags: Anglicism
examples: Il ne pouvait pas se résoudre à admettre la réalité, et encore moins à confronter son meilleur ami.
Et s’il se décide à y participer, nous le confronterons dans le cadre de nos travaux
gloss: Confiner.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: Le bois confronte, du côté du levant, au pré d’un tel.
Inflected forms:
form: confronter
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
present
form: avoir confronté
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
past
form: en confrontant
pos: verb
tags: gerund
present
form: en ayant confronté
pos: verb
tags: gerund
past
form: confrontant
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: confronté
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: je confronte
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: tu confrontes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: il/elle/on confronte
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: nous confrontons
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: vous confrontez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: ils/elles confrontent
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: j’ai confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: tu as confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: il/elle/on a confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: nous avons confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: vous avez confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: ils/elles ont confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: je confrontais
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: tu confrontais
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: il/elle/on confrontait
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: nous confrontions
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: vous confrontiez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: ils/elles confrontaient
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: j’avais confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: tu avais confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: il/elle/on avait confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: nous avions confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: vous aviez confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: ils/elles avaient confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: je confrontai
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: tu confrontas
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: il/elle/on confronta
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: nous confrontâmes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: vous confrontâtes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: ils/elles confrontèrent
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: j’eus confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: tu eus confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: il/elle/on eut confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: nous eûmes confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: vous eûtes confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: ils/elles eurent confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: je confronterai
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: tu confronteras
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: il/elle/on confrontera
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: nous confronterons
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: vous confronterez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: ils/elles confronteront
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: j’aurai confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: tu auras confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: il/elle/on aura confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: nous aurons confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: vous aurez confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: ils/elles auront confronté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: que je confronte
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que tu confrontes
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: qu’il/elle/on confronte
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que nous confrontions
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que vous confrontiez
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: qu’ils/elles confrontent
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que j’aie confronté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que tu aies confronté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: qu’il/elle/on ait confronté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que nous ayons confronté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que vous ayez confronté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: qu’ils/elles aient confronté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que je confrontasse
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que tu confrontasses
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: qu’il/elle/on confrontât
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que nous confrontassions
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que vous confrontassiez
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: qu’ils/elles confrontassent
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que j’eusse confronté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que tu eusses confronté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: qu’il/elle/on eût confronté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que nous eussions confronté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que vous eussiez confronté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: qu’ils/elles eussent confronté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: je confronterais
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: tu confronterais
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: il/elle/on confronterait
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: nous confronterions
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: vous confronteriez
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: ils/elles confronteraient
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: j’aurais confronté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: tu aurais confronté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: il/elle/on aurait confronté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: nous aurions confronté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: vous auriez confronté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: ils/elles auraient confronté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: confronte
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: confrontons
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: confrontez
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: aie confronté
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: ayons confronté
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: ayez confronté
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
Derived terms: confrontable
confrontant
déconfronter
inconfrontable
reconfronter
Translations:
lang: Anglais
word: confront
lang: Catalan
word: acarar
lang: Catalan
word: confrontar
lang: Italien
word: mettere a confronto
lang: Polonais
word: skonfrontować
lang: Polonais
word: konfrontować
lang: Allemand huttérite
word: konfront
lang: Anglais
word: confront
lang: Catalan
word: acarar
lang: Catalan
word: confrontar
lang: Italien
word: mettere a confronto
lang: Polonais
word: skonfrontować
lang: Polonais
word: konfrontować
lang: Catalan
word: acarar
lang: Catalan
word: confrontar
lang: Finnois
word: vertailla
lang: Italien
word: confrontare
lang: Polonais
word: zestawić
lang: Same du Nord
word: buohtastahttit
lang: Catalan
word: confrontar
lang: Ido
word: konfrontar
lang: Néerlandais
word: confronteren
lang: Suédois
word: konfrontera