apparaître
See also: apparaitre
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French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- apparaitre (since 1990)
Etymology[edit]
Middle French apparoistre, from Old French aparoistre, from Latin appārēscere, present active infinitive of appārēscō (“begin to appear”), from appareō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
apparaître
- to appear (become visible)
- Dans la nuit, il vit un spectre apparaître.
- (video games) to spawn
Conjugation[edit]
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’.
Conjugation of apparaître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | apparaître | être apparu | |||||
| gerund | en apparaissant | en étant apparu | |||||
| present participle | apparaissant /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | apparu /a.pa.ʁy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | apparais /a.pa.ʁɛ/ |
apparais /a.pa.ʁɛ/ |
apparaît /a.pa.ʁɛ/ |
apparaissons /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
apparaissez /a.pa.ʁɛ.se/ |
apparaissent /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | apparaissais /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ |
apparaissais /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ |
apparaissait /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ |
apparaissions /a.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
apparaissiez /a.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ |
apparaissaient /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | apparus /a.pa.ʁy/ |
apparus /a.pa.ʁy/ |
apparut /a.pa.ʁy/ |
apparûmes /a.pa.ʁym/ |
apparûtes /a.pa.ʁyt/ |
apparurent /a.pa.ʁyʁ/ |
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| future | apparaîtrai /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ |
apparaîtras /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ |
apparaîtra /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ |
apparaîtrons /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
apparaîtrez /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ |
apparaîtront /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | apparaîtrais /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
apparaîtrais /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
apparaîtrait /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
apparaîtrions /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
apparaîtriez /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.je/ |
apparaîtraient /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | apparaisse /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
apparaisses /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
apparaisse /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
apparaissions /a.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
apparaissiez /a.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ |
apparaissent /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect1 | apparusse /a.pa.ʁys/ |
apparusses /a.pa.ʁys/ |
apparût /a.pa.ʁy/ |
apparussions /a.pa.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ |
apparussiez /a.pa.ʁy.sje/ |
apparussent /a.pa.ʁys/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | apparais /a.pa.ʁɛ/ |
— | apparaissons /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
apparaissez /a.pa.ʁɛ.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Usage notes[edit]
- 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][2]
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Further reading[edit]
- “apparaître” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
