infirmer
French, verb/ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/
infirmer is spelled I-N-F-I-R-M-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 30,103rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infirmer is a French verb meaning “to weaken, to undermine (a theory, a testimony, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Affaiblir, diminuer, ôter la force, la valeur d’une chose”.
What does infirmer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to weaken, to undermine (a theory, a testimony, etc.)
- 2
to invalidate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Affaiblir, diminuer, ôter la force, la valeur d’une chose. 2. Montrer le faible d’une preuve, d’un témoignage, d'une pièce produite, etc. 3. Annuler ou réformer la sentence rendue par une juridiction inférieure, en parlant d'une juridiction d'appel. 4. Réfuter au moyen d'un contrexemple.
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 infirmer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- infirmant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- infirmé participle past
- infirme first-person indicative present
- infirmes indicative present second-person
- infirmons first-person indicative plural
- infirmez indicative plural present
- infirment indicative plural present
- infirmais first-person imperfect indicative
- infirmait imperfect indicative singular
- infirmions first-person imperfect indicative
- infirmiez imperfect indicative plural
- infirmaient imperfect indicative plural
- infirmai first-person historic indicative
- infirmas historic indicative past
- infirma historic indicative past
- infirmâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infirmer?
- /ɛ̃.fiʁ.me/
- \ɛ̃.fiʁ.me\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to infirmer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is infirmer in French?
infirmer appears 1.1 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).