See also: paraitre

French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French paroistre, from Old French paroistre, pareistre, from Vulgar Latin *pārēscere, from Latin pārēre.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pa.ʁɛtʁ/
  • (file)

Verb edit

paraître

  1. to appear (become visible)
    Synonym: apparaître
    L’acteur parut sur l’écran.The actor appeared on screen.
  2. to be published
    Synonym: être publié
    Ce texte est paru il y a longtemps.This text was published long ago.
    Le livre paraîtra en août.The book will be published in August.
  3. to appear, to seem
    Synonym: sembler
    Il paraît avoir 40 ans.He seems forty (years old).
  4. (impersonal, with que) to be said that, to be rumored that
    Il paraît que le vaccin fonctionne très bien.It is said that that the vaccine works very well.

Usage notes edit

  • In the sense of to be published, this verb can take the verb être as the perfect auxiliary.[1]

Conjugation edit

This 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'.

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Saint Dominican Creole French: paroître
    • Haitian Creole: parèt

Noun edit

paraître m (plural paraîtres)

  1. appearance

References edit

  1. ^ paraître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams edit