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affronter.

to confront, face

9 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/a.fʁɔ̃.te/
  1. to confront, face

  2. to face off, to clash

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French afronter (“to face; to confront; to slap in the face”), either a French derivation a- + front + -er, or an inheritance from an unattested Vulgar Latin *affrontāre (“to strike against”), from Latin ad + frontem. Compare Italian affrontare.

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