affermir
French, verb/a.fɛʁ.miʁ/
affermir is spelled A-F-F-E-R-M-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,878th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affermir is a French verb meaning “to firm up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre stable”.
What does affermir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to firm up
- 2
to strengthen
- 3
to make firmer
- 4
to become firmer, sharper or stronger
- 5
to firm up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre stable. 2. Rendre consistant. 3. Rendre plus assuré, plus difficile à ébranler. 4. Rendre ferme ce qui était optionnel ou conditionnel.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of affermir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- affermissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- affermi participle past
- affermis first-person indicative present
- affermit indicative present singular
- affermissons first-person indicative plural
- affermissez indicative plural present
- affermissent indicative plural present
- affermissais first-person imperfect indicative
- affermissait imperfect indicative singular
- affermissions first-person imperfect indicative
- affermissiez imperfect indicative plural
- affermissaient imperfect indicative plural
- affermîmes first-person historic indicative
- affermîtes historic indicative past
- affermirent historic indicative past
- affermirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affermir?
- /a.fɛʁ.miʁ/
- \a.fɛʁ.miʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to affermir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is affermir in French?
affermir appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).