confondre in French dictionary

  • confondre

    Meanings and definitions of "confondre"

    • Réunir, mêler des choses, des personnes.

    Synonyms of "confondre" in French dictionary

    blesser, embarrasser, assimiler are the top synonyms of "confondre" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of confondre

    • (Verb) This verb is one of a fairly large group of -re verbs, sometimes called the regular -re verbs (-endre, -ondre, -andre, -erdre and -ordre), that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include vendre and perdre.    Conjugation of confondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive confondre avoir confondu
      gerund en confondant en ayant confondu
      present participle confondant
      past participle confondu
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present confonds confonds confond confondons confondez confondent
      imperfect confondais confondais confondait confondions confondiez confondaient
      past historic1 confondis confondis confondit confondîmes confondîtes confondirent
      future confondrai confondras confondra confondrons confondrez confondront
      conditional confondrais confondrais confondrait confondrions confondriez confondraient
      compoundtenses present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simpletenses present confonde confondes confonde confondions confondiez confondent
      imperfect1 confondisse confondisses confondît confondissions confondissiez confondissent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — confonds — confondons confondez —
      1literary tenses
    • Conjugation of confondre
      simple compound
      infinitive confondre avoir confondu
      gerund en confondant en ayant confondu
      present participle confondant
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dɑ̃/
      past participle confondu
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dy/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present confonds
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃/       		confonds
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃/       		confond
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃/       		confondons
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dɔ̃/       		confondez
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.de/       		confondent
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃d/
      imperfect confondais
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dɛ/       		confondais
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dɛ/       		confondait
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dɛ/       		confondions
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.djɔ̃/       		confondiez
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dje/       		confondaient
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dɛ/
      past historic1 confondis
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.di/       		confondis
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.di/       		confondit
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.di/       		confondîmes
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dim/       		confondîtes
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dit/       		confondirent
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.diʁ/
      future confondrai
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dʁe/       		confondras
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dʁa/       		confondra
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dʁa/       		confondrons
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/       		confondrez
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dʁe/       		confondront
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
      conditional confondrais
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/       		confondrais
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/       		confondrait
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/       		confondrions
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/       		confondriez
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dʁi.je/       		confondraient
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/
      compound
      tenses       		present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simple
      tenses       		present confonde
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃d/       		confondes
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃d/       		confonde
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃d/       		confondions
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.djɔ̃/       		confondiez
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dje/       		confondent
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃d/
      imperfect1 confondisse
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dis/       		confondisses
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dis/       		confondît
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.di/       		confondissions
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/       		confondissiez
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.di.sje/       		confondissent
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dis/
      compound
      tenses       		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — confonds
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃/       		— confondons
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dɔ̃/       		confondez
      /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.de/       		—
      1literary tenses
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