Etymology

affronté

Today it means: Face to face, or with the fronts facing each other. Full definition →

French affronté
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  1. French · borrowed fromaffronté
  2. English todayaffronté

Borrowed from French affronté, past participle of affronter (“to confront, face”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.