approuver

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin approbāre, approbō, adapted to French prouver. By surface analysis, a- +‎ prouver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pʁu.ve/

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Verb

approuver

1. to approve of

   Antonym: désapprouver

Conjugation

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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).

Derived terms

• désapprouver

Related terms

• approbation

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

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

approuver

1. (Jersey) to approve (of)