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apparaître

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See also: apparaitre

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French apparoistre, from Old French aparoistre, from Late Latin appārēscere (begin to appear), from Latin appareō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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apparaître

  1. to appear (become visible)
    Dans la nuit, il vit un spectre apparaître.In the night, he saw a specter appear.
  2. to appear, to seem
    Synonym: paraître (more common)
    • 2025 May 24, Joseph S. Nye Jr, “« Le soft power culturel des Etats-Unis survivra-t-il au déclin de leur soft power politique ? » : les dernières réflexions de Joseph Nye, mort début mai”, in Le Monde:
      Lorsque vous apparaissez séduisant, vous pouvez faire l’économie de la carotte et du bâton.
      When you appear seductive, you can avoid the carrot and stick.
  3. (video games) to spawn

Usage notes

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  • The auxiliary avoir can also be used, indicating action rather than state. However, in common usage, être tends to replace avoir for all senses.[1]

Conjugation

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This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs that are all conjugated the same way. They are unlike other verb groups in that the 'i' is given a circumflex before a 't'.

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References

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  1. ^ apparaître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Anagrams

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