apporter
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin apportō (“I carry in”) + -er.
Noun edit
apporter (plural apporters)
- (obsolete) A bringer in; an importer.
- 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:
- But this makes only the apporters themselves , their aiders , abettors , and affiftants , traitors , not those , that receive it at the second hand […]
References edit
“apporter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin apportāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
apporter
- to bring (something)
- to take
- to give (support), to give, supply (explanation etc.)
- to bring (improvement, freedom etc.)
- to bring in (funding)
- to bring about (change, revolution)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of apporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | apporter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | apportant /a.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | apporté /a.pɔʁ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | apporte /a.pɔʁt/ |
apportes /a.pɔʁt/ |
apporte /a.pɔʁt/ |
apportons /a.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
apportez /a.pɔʁ.te/ |
apportent /a.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect | apportais /a.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
apportais /a.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
apportait /a.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
apportions /a.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
apportiez /a.pɔʁ.tje/ |
apportaient /a.pɔʁ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | apportai /a.pɔʁ.te/ |
apportas /a.pɔʁ.ta/ |
apporta /a.pɔʁ.ta/ |
apportâmes /a.pɔʁ.tam/ |
apportâtes /a.pɔʁ.tat/ |
apportèrent /a.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | apporterai /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
apporteras /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
apportera /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
apporterons /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
apporterez /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
apporteront /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | apporterais /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
apporterais /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
apporterait /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
apporterions /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
apporteriez /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/ |
apporteraient /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | apporte /a.pɔʁt/ |
apportes /a.pɔʁt/ |
apporte /a.pɔʁt/ |
apportions /a.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
apportiez /a.pɔʁ.tje/ |
apportent /a.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect2 | apportasse /a.pɔʁ.tas/ |
apportasses /a.pɔʁ.tas/ |
apportât /a.pɔʁ.ta/ |
apportassions /a.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
apportassiez /a.pɔʁ.ta.sje/ |
apportassent /a.pɔʁ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | apporte /a.pɔʁt/ |
— | apportons /a.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
apportez /a.pɔʁ.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → German: apportieren
Further reading edit
- “apporter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
apporter
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
- apportaïr (Guernsey)
Etymology edit
From Latin apportāre, present active infinitive of apportō (“I bring, carry, conduct or convey to”), from ad + portō (“I carry, bear”).
Verb edit
apporter
Antonyms edit
- emporter (“to take away”)