apitoyer

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ pitié (“pity”) +‎ -oyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pi.twa.je/

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Verb

apitoyer

1. to make (someone) feel pity for (something)
2. (reflexive) to feel sorry for

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

Conjugation of apitoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	apitoyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	apitoyant /a.pi.twa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		apitoyé /a.pi.twa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	apitoie /a.pi.twa/	apitoies /a.pi.twa/	apitoie /a.pi.twa/	apitoyons /a.pi.twa.jɔ̃/	apitoyez /a.pi.twa.je/	apitoient /a.pi.twa/
	imperfect	apitoyais /a.pi.twa.jɛ/	apitoyais /a.pi.twa.jɛ/	apitoyait /a.pi.twa.jɛ/	apitoyions /a.pi.twaj.jɔ̃/	apitoyiez /a.pi.twaj.je/	apitoyaient /a.pi.twa.jɛ/
	past historic2	apitoyai /a.pi.twa.je/	apitoyas /a.pi.twa.ja/	apitoya /a.pi.twa.ja/	apitoyâmes /a.pi.twa.jam/	apitoyâtes /a.pi.twa.jat/	apitoyèrent /a.pi.twa.jɛʁ/
	future	apitoierai /a.pi.twa.ʁe/	apitoieras /a.pi.twa.ʁa/	apitoiera /a.pi.twa.ʁa/	apitoierons /a.pi.twa.ʁɔ̃/	apitoierez /a.pi.twa.ʁe/	apitoieront /a.pi.twa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	apitoierais /a.pi.twa.ʁɛ/	apitoierais /a.pi.twa.ʁɛ/	apitoierait /a.pi.twa.ʁɛ/	apitoierions /a.pi.twa.ʁjɔ̃/	apitoieriez /a.pi.twa.ʁje/	apitoieraient /a.pi.twa.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	apitoie /a.pi.twa/	apitoies /a.pi.twa/	apitoie /a.pi.twa/	apitoyions /a.pi.twaj.jɔ̃/	apitoyiez /a.pi.twaj.je/	apitoient /a.pi.twa/
	imperfect2	apitoyasse /a.pi.twa.jas/	apitoyasses /a.pi.twa.jas/	apitoyât /a.pi.twa.ja/	apitoyassions /a.pi.twa.ja.sjɔ̃/	apitoyassiez /a.pi.twa.ja.sje/	apitoyassent /a.pi.twa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	apitoie /a.pi.twa/	—	apitoyons /a.pi.twa.jɔ̃/	apitoyez /a.pi.twa.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “apitoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.