appuyer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French apuyer, Old French apoiier, borrowed from Medieval Latin *appodiāre, from Latin podium. Compare Spanish apoyar, Portuguese apoiar, Italian appoggiare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pɥi.je/

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Verb

appuyer

1. (transitive) to press, push
2. (transitive) to rest
3. (transitive) to support, to back
4. (reflexive) to lean [+ sur (object) = on] or [+ contre (object) = against]
5. (reflexive) to depend, to rely [+ sur (object) = on]
6. (reflexive) to put up with

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 appuyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	appuyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	appuyant /a.pɥi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		appuyé /a.pɥi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	appuie /a.pɥi/	appuies /a.pɥi/	appuie /a.pɥi/	appuyons /a.pɥi.jɔ̃/	appuyez /a.pɥi.je/	appuient /a.pɥi/
	imperfect	appuyais /a.pɥi.jɛ/	appuyais /a.pɥi.jɛ/	appuyait /a.pɥi.jɛ/	appuyions /a.pɥij.jɔ̃/	appuyiez /a.pɥij.je/	appuyaient /a.pɥi.jɛ/
	past historic2	appuyai /a.pɥi.je/	appuyas /a.pɥi.ja/	appuya /a.pɥi.ja/	appuyâmes /a.pɥi.jam/	appuyâtes /a.pɥi.jat/	appuyèrent /a.pɥi.jɛʁ/
	future	appuierai /a.pɥi.ʁe/	appuieras /a.pɥi.ʁa/	appuiera /a.pɥi.ʁa/	appuierons /a.pɥi.ʁɔ̃/	appuierez /a.pɥi.ʁe/	appuieront /a.pɥi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	appuierais /a.pɥi.ʁɛ/	appuierais /a.pɥi.ʁɛ/	appuierait /a.pɥi.ʁɛ/	appuierions /a.pɥi.ʁjɔ̃/	appuieriez /a.pɥi.ʁje/	appuieraient /a.pɥi.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	appuie /a.pɥi/	appuies /a.pɥi/	appuie /a.pɥi/	appuyions /a.pɥij.jɔ̃/	appuyiez /a.pɥij.je/	appuient /a.pɥi/
	imperfect2	appuyasse /a.pɥi.jas/	appuyasses /a.pɥi.jas/	appuyât /a.pɥi.ja/	appuyassions /a.pɥi.ja.sjɔ̃/	appuyassiez /a.pɥi.ja.sje/	appuyassent /a.pɥi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	appuie /a.pɥi/	—	appuyons /a.pɥi.jɔ̃/	appuyez /a.pɥi.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).

Derived terms

• appuyer sur le champignon

Related terms

• appui

Descendants

• Saint Dominican Creole French: puyer

Further reading

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