confier

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French

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin cōnfīdō, based on the existing French fier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fje/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

confier

  1. to confide
    Il confie son secret à son ami.
    He confides his secret to his friend.
  2. to entrust
    Il lui confie cette tâche.
    He entrusts that task to him/her.
    confier à quelqu’un le soin de faire quelque chose ― to entrust somebody with the task of doing something

Conjugation

Conjugation of confier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple confier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple confiant
/kɔ̃.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle confié
/kɔ̃.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present confie
/kɔ̃.fi/ 		confies
/kɔ̃.fi/ 		confie
/kɔ̃.fi/ 		confions
/kɔ̃.fjɔ̃/ 		confiez
/kɔ̃.fje/ 		confient
/kɔ̃.fi/
imperfect confiais
/kɔ̃.fjɛ/ 		confiais
/kɔ̃.fjɛ/ 		confiait
/kɔ̃.fjɛ/ 		confiions
/kɔ̃.fi.jɔ̃/ 		confiiez
/kɔ̃.fi.je/ 		confiaient
/kɔ̃.fjɛ/
past historic2 confiai
/kɔ̃.fje/ 		confias
/kɔ̃.fja/ 		confia
/kɔ̃.fja/ 		confiâmes
/kɔ̃.fjam/ 		confiâtes
/kɔ̃.fjat/ 		confièrent
/kɔ̃.fjɛʁ/
future confierai
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁe/ 		confieras
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁa/ 		confiera
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁa/ 		confierons
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		confierez
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁe/ 		confieront
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional confierais
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁɛ/ 		confierais
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁɛ/ 		confierait
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁɛ/ 		confierions
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		confieriez
/kɔ̃.fi.ʁje/ 		confieraient
/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 confie
/kɔ̃.fi/ 		confies
/kɔ̃.fi/ 		confie
/kɔ̃.fi/ 		confiions
/kɔ̃.fi.jɔ̃/ 		confiiez
/kɔ̃.fi.je/ 		confient
/kɔ̃.fi/
imperfect2 confiasse
/kɔ̃.fjas/ 		confiasses
/kɔ̃.fjas/ 		confiât
/kɔ̃.fja/ 		confiassions
/kɔ̃.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		confiassiez
/kɔ̃.fja.sje/ 		confiassent
/kɔ̃.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — confie
/kɔ̃.fi/ 		— confions
/kɔ̃.fjɔ̃/ 		confiez
/kɔ̃.fje/ 		—
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).

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