different between confirmer vs conformer

English

Etymology

From confirm +? -er.

Noun

confirmer (plural confirmers)

1. One who confirms something

Anagrams

• reconfirm

French

Etymology

From Middle French confermer, from Latin c?nfirm?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.fi?.me/
• Homophones: confirmai, confirmé, confirmée, confirmées, confirmés, confirmez

Verb

confirmer

1. (transitive) to confirm (a fact etc.)
2. (transitive) to uphold (a decision)
3. (reflexive) to be confirmed, be corroborated

Conjugation

Related terms

• confirmation

Further reading

• “confirmer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon?fir.mer/, [kõ??f?rm?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon?fir.mer/, [k?n?firm?r]

Verb

c?nfirmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of c?nfirm?

Norman

Etymology

From Latin c?nfirm?, c?nfirm?re (“make firm, establish, strengthen, fortify, mature, confirm”), from con- (“with, together”) + firm?, firm?re (“strengthen, fortify”).

Verb

confirmer

1. (Jersey) to confirm

English

Etymology 1

Blend of conformational +? isomer.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?n.f?m?/

Noun

conformer (plural conformers)

1. (chemistry) Any of a set of stereoisomers characterised by a conformation that corresponds to a distinct potential energy minimum.
2. (biochemistry) A particular folded state or conformation of a protein, especially an abnormal conformation of a prion

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From conform +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?n?f??m?/

Noun

conformer (plural conformers)

1. A person who conforms; a conformist.
2. (religion) A Conformist.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conform?re, present active infinitive of conform?. Equivalent to conforme +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.f??.me/

Verb

conformer

1. to conform; comply

Conjugation

Related terms

• conformation
• conforme
• former

Further reading

• “conformer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

c?nf?rmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of c?nf?rm?