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Webster 1913 Edition
Confiner
Con-fin′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
Con′fiˊner
(? or [GREEK])
, Noun.
One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Happy
That shift your soil, and oft ’scape tyrants' hands.
confiners
you of other lands,That shift your soil, and oft ’scape tyrants' hands.
Daniel.
Webster 1828 Edition
Confiner
CONFI'NER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
confiner
confiner
English
Noun
confiner (plural confiners)
- One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
- A person who lives on or within the confines; an inhabitant.
French
Verb
confiner
- to confine (to have a common boundary)
Conjugation
Conjugation of confiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | confiner | avoir confiné | |||||
| gerund | en confinant | en ayant confiné | |||||
| present participle | confinant /kɔ̃.fi.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | confiné /kɔ̃.fi.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | confine /kɔ̃.fin/ |
confines /kɔ̃.fin/ |
confine /kɔ̃.fin/ |
confinons /kɔ̃.fi.nɔ̃/ |
confinez /kɔ̃.fi.ne/ |
confinent /kɔ̃.fin/ |
| imperfect | confinais /kɔ̃.fi.nɛ/ |
confinais /kɔ̃.fi.nɛ/ |
confinait /kɔ̃.fi.nɛ/ |
confinions /kɔ̃.fi.njɔ̃/ |
confiniez /kɔ̃.fi.nje/ |
confinaient /kɔ̃.fi.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | confinai /kɔ̃.fi.ne/ |
confinas /kɔ̃.fi.na/ |
confina /kɔ̃.fi.na/ |
confinâmes /kɔ̃.fi.nam/ |
confinâtes /kɔ̃.fi.nat/ |
confinèrent /kɔ̃.fi.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | confinerai /kɔ̃.fin.ʁe/ |
confineras /kɔ̃.fin.ʁa/ |
confinera /kɔ̃.fin.ʁa/ |
confinerons /kɔ̃.fin.ʁɔ̃/ |
confinerez /kɔ̃.fin.ʁe/ |
confineront /kɔ̃.fin.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | confinerais /kɔ̃.fin.ʁɛ/ |
confinerais /kɔ̃.fin.ʁɛ/ |
confinerait /kɔ̃.fin.ʁɛ/ |
confinerions /kɔ̃.fi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
confineriez /kɔ̃.fi.nə.ʁje/ |
confineraient /kɔ̃.fin.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | confine /kɔ̃.fin/ |
confines /kɔ̃.fin/ |
confine /kɔ̃.fin/ |
confinions /kɔ̃.fi.njɔ̃/ |
confiniez /kɔ̃.fi.nje/ |
confinent /kɔ̃.fin/ |
| imperfect1 |
confinasse /kɔ̃.fi.nas/ |
confinasses /kɔ̃.fi.nas/ |
confinât /kɔ̃.fi.na/ |
confinassions /kɔ̃.fi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
confinassiez /kɔ̃.fi.na.sje/ |
confinassent /kɔ̃.fi.nas/ |
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| 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 | – | |
| — | confine /kɔ̃.fin/ |
— | confinons /kɔ̃.fi.nɔ̃/ |
confinez /kɔ̃.fi.ne/ |
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