affronter
French, verb/a.fʁɔ̃.te/
affronter is spelled A-F-F-R-O-N-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 4,050th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affronter is a French verb meaning “to confront, face” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attaquer de front avec hardiesse, avec intrépidité, faire face à”.
What does affronter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to confront, face
- 2
to face off, to clash
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Attaquer de front avec hardiesse, avec intrépidité, faire face à. 2. Tromper. 3. S'opposer ou se combattre réciproquement. 4. Poser face à face, bout à bout, front contre front deux choses. Abouter.
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 affronter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- affrontant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- affronté participle past
- affronte first-person indicative present
- affrontes indicative present second-person
- affrontons first-person indicative plural
- affrontez indicative plural present
- affrontent indicative plural present
- affrontais first-person imperfect indicative
- affrontait imperfect indicative singular
- affrontions first-person imperfect indicative
- affrontiez imperfect indicative plural
- affrontaient imperfect indicative plural
- affrontai first-person historic indicative
- affrontas historic indicative past
- affronta historic indicative past
- affrontâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affronter?
- /a.fʁɔ̃.te/
- \a.fʁɔ̃.te\
- [a.fʁɔ̃.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to affronter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is affronter in French?
affronter appears 19 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).