approximer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

approximer

1. to approximate (to carry or advance near; to cause to approach)

Conjugation

Conjugation of approximer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	approximer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	approximant /a.pʁɔk.si.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		approximé /a.pʁɔk.si.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	approxime /a.pʁɔk.sim/	approximes /a.pʁɔk.sim/	approxime /a.pʁɔk.sim/	approximons /a.pʁɔk.si.mɔ̃/	approximez /a.pʁɔk.si.me/	approximent /a.pʁɔk.sim/
	imperfect	approximais /a.pʁɔk.si.mɛ/	approximais /a.pʁɔk.si.mɛ/	approximait /a.pʁɔk.si.mɛ/	approximions /a.pʁɔk.si.mjɔ̃/	approximiez /a.pʁɔk.si.mje/	approximaient /a.pʁɔk.si.mɛ/
	past historic2	approximai /a.pʁɔk.si.me/	approximas /a.pʁɔk.si.ma/	approxima /a.pʁɔk.si.ma/	approximâmes /a.pʁɔk.si.mam/	approximâtes /a.pʁɔk.si.mat/	approximèrent /a.pʁɔk.si.mɛʁ/
	future	approximerai /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁe/	approximeras /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁa/	approximera /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁa/	approximerons /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁɔ̃/	approximerez /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁe/	approximeront /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	approximerais /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁɛ/	approximerais /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁɛ/	approximerait /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁɛ/	approximerions /a.pʁɔk.si.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	approximeriez /a.pʁɔk.si.mə.ʁje/	approximeraient /a.pʁɔk.sim.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	approxime /a.pʁɔk.sim/	approximes /a.pʁɔk.sim/	approxime /a.pʁɔk.sim/	approximions /a.pʁɔk.si.mjɔ̃/	approximiez /a.pʁɔk.si.mje/	approximent /a.pʁɔk.sim/
	imperfect2	approximasse /a.pʁɔk.si.mas/	approximasses /a.pʁɔk.si.mas/	approximât /a.pʁɔk.si.ma/	approximassions /a.pʁɔk.si.ma.sjɔ̃/	approximassiez /a.pʁɔk.si.ma.sje/	approximassent /a.pʁɔk.si.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	approxime /a.pʁɔk.sim/	—	approximons /a.pʁɔk.si.mɔ̃/	approximez /a.pʁɔk.si.me/	—
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).

Related terms

• approximation

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

approximer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of approximō