appartenir

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin appertinēre, present active infinitive of appertineō (“belong to”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /apaʁtəniʁ/

Verb

appartenir

1. (intransitive) (+ à) to belong to
2. (intransitive) (+ à) to concern

Conjugation

• This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -tenir, such as contenir and détenir, are conjugated this way.

   Conjugation of appartenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		appartenir			avoir appartenu
gerund		en appartenant			en ayant appartenu
present participle		appartenant
past participle		appartenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	appartiens	appartiens	appartient	appartenons	appartenez	appartiennent
	imperfect	appartenais	appartenais	appartenait	appartenions	apparteniez	appartenaient
	past historic1	appartins	appartins	appartint	appartînmes	appartîntes	appartinrent
	future	appartiendrai	appartiendras	appartiendra	appartiendrons	appartiendrez	appartiendront
	conditional	appartiendrais	appartiendrais	appartiendrait	appartiendrions	appartiendriez	appartiendraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	appartienne	appartiennes	appartienne	appartenions	apparteniez	appartiennent
	imperfect1	appartinsse	appartinsses	appartînt	appartinssions	appartinssiez	appartinssent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	appartiens	—	appartenons	appartenez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• appartenance