conforter

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French conforter, from Late Latin cōnfortāre (“strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.te/ Homophones: confortai, confortée, confortées, conforté, confortés, confortez === Verb === conforter (transitive, archaic, literary) to comfort, console (more commonly réconforter) (transitive) to strengthen, reinforce (a position, argument, situation) (transitive) (followed by dans) to confirm (someone) in an opinion, belief, or conviction ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== confortant (comforting; reinforcing) ==== Related terms ==== confort confortable confortablement réconforter === Further reading === “conforter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “conforter” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-). === Anagrams === forceront == Latin == === Verb === cōnforter first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnfortō == Old French == === Alternative forms === cunforter === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin confortō (“strengthen greatly”), from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”). === Verb === conforter to reassure to comfort ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== French: conforter → Middle English: comforten, confortenEnglish: comfortYola: comfoort