FluentPlex

confess

/kənˈfɛs/ verbe B2

En français : avouer, confesser

  1. To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. (intransitive, transitive) · I confess to spray-painting all over that mural!· I confess that I am a sinner.
  2. To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. (transitive)
  3. To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
  4. To hear or receive such a confession of sins from. (transitive)
  5. To disclose or reveal. (transitive)
  6. To profess one's love. (intransitive)

He/she/it confesses · Prétérit confessed · Participe passé confessed · Forme en -ing confessing

+ Garder pour réviser

Formes du verbe

Forme de base
confess
He/she/it
confesses
Prétérit
confessed
Participe passé
confessed
Forme en -ing
confessing

Dans la bibliothèque

It was pretty interesting to imagine things about them--to imagine that perhaps the girl who sat next to you was really the daughter of a belted earl, who had been stolen away from her parents in her infancy by a cruel nurse who died before she could confess.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 16 · C1
“Well now, no, I haven’t,” confessed Matthew ingenuously.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 23 · C1
Go to your room and stay there until you are ready to confess.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 95 · C1
“She’ll stay in her room until she confesses,” said Marilla grimly, remembering the success of this method in the former case.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 97 · C1

Apprenez confess dans de vrais textes

Avec un compte gratuit, survolez n’importe quel mot de la bibliothèque pour voir son sens, écoutez-le lu à voix haute, enregistrez des mots pour des révisions calées sur votre mémoire, et voyez quelle part de chaque livre vous connaissez déjà.

Créer un compte gratuit
Mots, sens, prononciations et traductions tirés de Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) ; la fréquence de chaque mot vient de wordfreq. Transformé en ce dictionnaire par FluentPlex.