approuver
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin approbāre, approbō, adapted to French prouver. By surface analysis, a- + prouver.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
approuver
- to approve of
- Antonym: désapprouver
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of approuver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | approuver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | approuvant /a.pʁu.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | approuvé /a.pʁu.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
approuves /a.pʁuv/ |
approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
approuvons /a.pʁu.vɔ̃/ |
approuvez /a.pʁu.ve/ |
approuvent /a.pʁuv/ |
| imperfect | approuvais /a.pʁu.vɛ/ |
approuvais /a.pʁu.vɛ/ |
approuvait /a.pʁu.vɛ/ |
approuvions /a.pʁu.vjɔ̃/ |
approuviez /a.pʁu.vje/ |
approuvaient /a.pʁu.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | approuvai /a.pʁu.ve/ |
approuvas /a.pʁu.va/ |
approuva /a.pʁu.va/ |
approuvâmes /a.pʁu.vam/ |
approuvâtes /a.pʁu.vat/ |
approuvèrent /a.pʁu.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | approuverai /a.pʁu.vʁe/ |
approuveras /a.pʁu.vʁa/ |
approuvera /a.pʁu.vʁa/ |
approuverons /a.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/ |
approuverez /a.pʁu.vʁe/ |
approuveront /a.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | approuverais /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
approuverais /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
approuverait /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
approuverions /a.pʁu.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
approuveriez /a.pʁu.və.ʁje/ |
approuveraient /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
approuves /a.pʁuv/ |
approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
approuvions /a.pʁu.vjɔ̃/ |
approuviez /a.pʁu.vje/ |
approuvent /a.pʁuv/ |
| imperfect2 | approuvasse /a.pʁu.vas/ |
approuvasses /a.pʁu.vas/ |
approuvât /a.pʁu.va/ |
approuvassions /a.pʁu.va.sjɔ̃/ |
approuvassiez /a.pʁu.va.sje/ |
approuvassent /a.pʁu.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
— | approuvons /a.pʁu.vɔ̃/ |
approuvez /a.pʁu.ve/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “approuver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French aprover (“to approve”), borrowed from Latin approbō, approbāre (“regard as good, approve, favour, commend, endorse”), from ad + probō, probāre (“esteem as good, approve, prove”).
Verb edit
approuver