approuver
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin approbāre, approbō. Synchronically analysable as a- + prouver.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pʁu.ve/
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Verb
approuver
- to approve (of)
Conjugation
Conjugation of approuver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | approuver | avoir approuvé | |||||
| gerund | en approuvant | en ayant approuvé | |||||
| present participle | approuvant /a.pʁu.vɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | approuvé /a.pʁu.ve/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
approuves /a.pʁuv/ |
approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
approuvons /a.pʁu.vɔ̃/ |
approuvez /a.pʁu.ve/ |
approuvent /a.pʁuv/ |
| imperfect | approuvais /a.pʁu.vɛ/ |
approuvais /a.pʁu.vɛ/ |
approuvait /a.pʁu.vɛ/ |
approuvions /a.pʁu.vjɔ̃/ |
approuviez /a.pʁu.vje/ |
approuvaient /a.pʁu.vɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | approuvai /a.pʁu.ve/ |
approuvas /a.pʁu.va/ |
approuva /a.pʁu.va/ |
approuvâmes /a.pʁu.vam/ |
approuvâtes /a.pʁu.vat/ |
approuvèrent /a.pʁu.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | approuverai /a.pʁu.vʁe/ |
approuveras /a.pʁu.vʁa/ |
approuvera /a.pʁu.vʁa/ |
approuverons /a.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/ |
approuverez /a.pʁu.vʁe/ |
approuveront /a.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | approuverais /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
approuverais /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
approuverait /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
approuverions /a.pʁu.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
approuveriez /a.pʁu.və.ʁje/ |
approuveraient /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
approuves /a.pʁuv/ |
approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
approuvions /a.pʁu.vjɔ̃/ |
approuviez /a.pʁu.vje/ |
approuvent /a.pʁuv/ |
| imperfect1 | approuvasse /a.pʁu.vas/ |
approuvasses /a.pʁu.vas/ |
approuvât /a.pʁu.va/ |
approuvassions /a.pʁu.va.sjɔ̃/ |
approuvassiez /a.pʁu.va.sje/ |
approuvassent /a.pʁu.vas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
— | approuvons /a.pʁu.vɔ̃/ |
approuvez /a.pʁu.ve/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “approuver” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Old French aprover (“to approve”), from Latin approbō, approbāre (“regard as good, approve, favour, commend, endorse”), from ad + probō, probāre (“esteem as good, approve, prove”).
Verb
approuver
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