affronter

== English == === Etymology === From affront +‎ -er. === Noun === affronter (plural affronters) Someone who affronts. One who receives an affront. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French afronter (“to face; to confront; to slap in the face”), either a French derivation a- +‎ front +‎ -er, or an inheritance from an unattested Vulgar Latin *affrontāre (“to strike against”), from Latin ad + frontem. Compare Italian affrontare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.fʁɔ̃.te/ === Verb === affronter to confront, face (reflexive) to face off, to clash ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== faire face === Further reading === “affronter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French afronter (“to face; to confront; to slap in the face”), either a derivation a- +‎ front +‎ -er, or an inheritance from an unattested Vulgar Latin *affrontāre (“to strike against”), from Latin ad + frontem. === Verb === affronter (Jersey) to face; to confront