French word

confirmer

Pronunciation

IPA/kɔ̃fiʁme/

Meaning

  • verbconfirm

Example

Peux-tu confirmer la réservation ?

Can you confirm the reservation?

Illustration for confirmer (confirm)

More examples

Je dois confirmer ma présence à la réunion.

I must confirm my attendance at the meeting.

Core concept

An official stamp turns information or a decision into something accepted and settled.

Common phrases

  • confirmer une réservation

    confirm a reservation

  • confirmer sa présence

    confirm one's attendance

  • confirmer les détails

    confirm the details

Similar words

vérifier: Checks whether information or figures are accurate.
valider: Formally approves a proposal or procedure as valid.

Definition in French

Dire qu'une information est exacte ou qu'une décision est approuvée, souvent pour officialiser.

Word origin

Confirmer comes from Latin confirmare, built from con- and firmare, from firmus meaning 'firm'.

Usage tips

  • Confirmer takes a direct object, as in confirmer une réservation, and also commonly introduces a clause with que.

Other meanings

  • approveverb
  • corroborateverb

Opposites

  • infirmerdisproveverb
  • nierdenyverb

Related words

  • confirmationconfirmationnoun
  • confirméconfirmedadjective
  • confirmableconfirmableadjective

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