apparoir

French

Etymology

From Old French, probably an early borrowing from Latin appāreō, appārēre (“I appear, am visible, come into sight; I am evident, clear or certain”), with the conjugated form appert from appāret.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pa.ʁwaʁ/

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Verb

apparoir

1. (intransitive, literary) to appear
2. (intransitive, literary) to be evident or manifest

Conjugation

• Only normally used in the third person singular, present tense.
  • Il appert (que)... ― It appears (that)...

Related terms

• apparaître
• apparent

Further reading

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