apparaître
See also: apparaitre
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French apparoistre, from Old French aparoistre, from Late Latin appārēscere (“begin to appear”), from Latin appareō.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editapparaître
- to appear (become visible)
- Dans la nuit, il vit un spectre apparaître. ― In the night, he saw a specter appear.
- (video games) to spawn
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]
- apparaître cannot be used for "to appear" in the sense of "to seem," e.g. "he appeared to be angry." For this sense, only paraître can be used.
Conjugation
editThis 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)
infinitive | simple | apparaître | |||||
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compound | avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | apparaissant /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /a.pa.ʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | apparu /a.pa.ʁy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | apparais /a.pa.ʁɛ/ |
apparais /a.pa.ʁɛ/ |
apparaît /a.pa.ʁɛ/ |
apparaissons /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ |
apparaissez /a.pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /a.pa.ʁe.se/ |
apparaissent /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
imperfect | apparaissais /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ |
apparaissais /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ |
apparaissait /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ |
apparaissions /a.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
apparaissiez /a.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /a.pa.ʁe.sje/ |
apparaissaient /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | apparus /a.pa.ʁy/ |
apparus /a.pa.ʁy/ |
apparut /a.pa.ʁy/ |
apparûmes /a.pa.ʁym/ |
apparûtes /a.pa.ʁyt/ |
apparurent /a.pa.ʁyʁ/ | |
future | apparaîtrai /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /a.pa.ʁe.tʁe/ |
apparaîtras /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /a.pa.ʁe.tʁa/ |
apparaîtra /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /a.pa.ʁe.tʁa/ |
apparaîtrons /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ |
apparaîtrez /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /a.pa.ʁe.tʁe/ |
apparaîtront /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | apparaîtrais /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ |
apparaîtrais /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ |
apparaîtrait /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ |
apparaîtrions /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /a.pa.ʁe.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
apparaîtriez /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.je/ or /a.pa.ʁe.tʁi.je/ |
apparaîtraient /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | apparaisse /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
apparaisses /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
apparaisse /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
apparaissions /a.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
apparaissiez /a.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /a.pa.ʁe.sje/ |
apparaissent /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
imperfect2 | 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/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | apparais /a.pa.ʁɛ/ |
— | apparaissons /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ |
apparaissez /a.pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /a.pa.ʁe.se/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | simple imperative of avoir or être + 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). |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “apparaître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
edit- “apparaître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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