apostropher

French

Etymology

From apostrophe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/
• Homophones: apostrophai, apostrophé, apostrophée, apostrophées, apostrophés, apostrophez

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Verb

apostropher

1. (transitive) to apostrophize
2. (transitive) to speak sharply or harshly at

Conjugation

Conjugation of apostropher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	apostropher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	apostrophant /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		apostrophé /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/	apostrophes /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/	apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/	apostrophons /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɔ̃/	apostrophez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/	apostrophent /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/
	imperfect	apostrophais /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛ/	apostrophais /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛ/	apostrophait /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛ/	apostrophions /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fjɔ̃/	apostrophiez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fje/	apostrophaient /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛ/
	past historic2	apostrophai /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/	apostrophas /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa/	apostropha /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa/	apostrophâmes /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fam/	apostrophâtes /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fat/	apostrophèrent /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛʁ/
	future	apostropherai /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁe/	apostropheras /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁa/	apostrophera /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁa/	apostropherons /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɔ̃/	apostropherez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁe/	apostropheront /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɔ̃/
	conditional	apostropherais /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/	apostropherais /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/	apostropherait /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/	apostropherions /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	apostropheriez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fə.ʁje/	apostropheraient /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/
(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	apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/	apostrophes /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/	apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/	apostrophions /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fjɔ̃/	apostrophiez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fje/	apostrophent /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/
	imperfect2	apostrophasse /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fas/	apostrophasses /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fas/	apostrophât /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa/	apostrophassions /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa.sjɔ̃/	apostrophassiez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa.sje/	apostrophassent /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/	—	apostrophons /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɔ̃/	apostrophez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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