apercevoir
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French apercevoir (“to become aware of”), from percevoir.
Pronunciation
Verb
apercevoir
- to see, to glimpse, to catch sight of
- (reflexive form : s'apercevoir) to realize, to become aware of
- Elle s'aperçoit que l'aube se lève.
Conjugation
Conjugation of apercevoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | apercevoir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | apercevant /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | aperçu /a.pɛʁ.sy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | aperçois /a.pɛʁ.swa/ |
aperçois /a.pɛʁ.swa/ |
aperçoit /a.pɛʁ.swa/ |
apercevons /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɔ̃/ |
apercevez /a.pɛʁ.sə.ve/ |
aperçoivent /a.pɛʁ.swav/ |
imperfect | apercevais /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/ |
apercevais /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/ |
apercevait /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/ |
apercevions /a.pɛʁ.sə.vjɔ̃/ |
aperceviez /a.pɛʁ.sə.vje/ |
apercevaient /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/ | |
past historic2 | aperçus /a.pɛʁ.sy/ |
aperçus /a.pɛʁ.sy/ |
aperçut /a.pɛʁ.sy/ |
aperçûmes /a.pɛʁ.sym/ |
aperçûtes /a.pɛʁ.syt/ |
aperçurent /a.pɛʁ.syʁ/ | |
future | apercevrai /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁe/ |
apercevras /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁa/ |
apercevra /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁa/ |
apercevrons /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɔ̃/ |
apercevrez /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁe/ |
apercevront /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | apercevrais /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/ |
apercevrais /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/ |
apercevrait /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/ |
apercevrions /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
apercevriez /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁi.je/ |
apercevraient /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/ | |
(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 | aperçoive /a.pɛʁ.swav/ |
aperçoives /a.pɛʁ.swav/ |
aperçoive /a.pɛʁ.swav/ |
apercevions /a.pɛʁ.sə.vjɔ̃/ |
aperceviez /a.pɛʁ.sə.vje/ |
aperçoivent /a.pɛʁ.swav/ |
imperfect2 | aperçusse /a.pɛʁ.sys/ |
aperçusses /a.pɛʁ.sys/ |
aperçût /a.pɛʁ.sy/ |
aperçussions /a.pɛʁ.sy.sjɔ̃/ |
aperçussiez /a.pɛʁ.sy.sje/ |
aperçussent /a.pɛʁ.sys/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | aperçois /a.pɛʁ.swa/ |
— | apercevons /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɔ̃/ |
apercevez /a.pɛʁ.sə.ve/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “apercevoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From percevoir.
Verb
apercevoir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem aperçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem apercev, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of apercevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | apercevoir | avoir aperceü | |||||
gerund | en apercevant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | apercevant | ||||||
past participle | aperceü | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | aperçoif, aperçoi | aperçois | aperçoit | apercevons | apercevez | aperçoivent |
imperfect | apercevoie, aperceveie | apercevoies, aperceveies | apercevoit, aperceveit | aperceviiens, aperceviens | aperceviiez, aperceviez | apercevoient, aperceveient | |
preterite | aperçui | aperceüs | aperçut | aperceümes | aperceüstes | aperçurent | |
future | apercevrai | apercevras | apercevra | apercevrons | apercevroiz, apercevreiz, apercevrez | apercevront | |
conditional | apercevroie, apercevreie | apercevroies, apercevreies | apercevroit, apercevreit | apercevriiens, apercevriens | apercevriiez, apercevriez | apercevroient, apercevreient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | aperçoive | aperçoives | aperçoive | apercevons | apercevez | aperçoivent |
imperfect | aperceüsse | aperceüsses | aperceüst | aperceüssons, aperceüssiens | aperceüssoiz, aperceüssez, aperceüssiez | aperceüssent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | aperçoif | — | apercevons | apercevez | — |
Descendants
- French: apercevoir
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