s'affirmer in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for s'affirmer in the French»English Dictionary

I.affirmer [afiʀme] VB trans

1. affirmer (soutenir):

affirmer fait, vérité, contraire

to maintain

‘je n'ai pas l'intention de démissionner’, affirma-t-il

‘I have no intention of resigning, ’ he declared

affirmer faire/avoir fait

to claim to do/to have done

affirmer que …

to maintain ou claim (that) …

pouvez-vous l'affirmer?

can you be sure about it?

la police ne peut encore rien affirmer

the police are not yet able to make any positive statement

je vous l'affirme

I can assure you (of it)

2. affirmer (prouver):

affirmer talent, personnalité, autorité, originalité, indépendance

to assert

3. affirmer (proclamer):

affirmer volonté, désir

to declare, to affirm (à to)

II.s'affirmer VB refl

s'affirmer refl:

s'affirmer progrès, tendance:

to become apparent

s'affirmer majorité:

to be established

s'affirmer personnalité, style:

to assert itself

s'affirmer comme personne:

to establish oneself as

s'affirmer comme une force nouvelle

to establish itself as a new force

le festival s'affirme comme un événement majeur

the festival is becoming established as a major event

Translations for s'affirmer in the English»French Dictionary

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aver

affirmer (that que)

assert (state)

affirmer (that que)

to assert one's authority/strength

affirmer son autorité/pouvoir

to assert oneself

s'affirmer

asseverate

affirmer solennellement

avow

affirmer

pronounce on existence, truth

affirmer

affirm

affirmer (that que)

it was an assertion of her strength/authority

c'était une manière d'affirmer son pouvoir/autorité

to establish one's credentials as a writer

s'affirmer comme un écrivain

predicate

affirmer (of de)

s'affirmer in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for s'affirmer in the French»English Dictionary

I.affirmer [afiʀme] VB trans

1. affirmer (soutenir):

affirmer

to maintain

affirmer sur l'honneur que

to give one's word that

2. affirmer (manifester):

affirmer originalité, autorité, position

to assert

3. affirmer form (proclamer):

affirmer

to affirm

II.affirmer [afiʀme] VB refl

s'affirmer comme sculpteur

to establish oneself as a sculptor

son autorité s'affirme

she is establishing her authority

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gratuitement affirmer

wantonly

parler/affirmer avec fermeté

to speak/declare firmly

Translations for s'affirmer in the English»French Dictionary

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affirm

affirmer

assert

affirmer

to assert oneself

s'affirmer

to establish one's authority over sb

affirmer son autorité sur qn

s'affirmer Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

affirmer sur l'honneur que

to give one's word that

s'affirmer comme sculpteur

to establish oneself as a sculptor

parler/affirmer avec fermeté

to speak/declare firmly