rapprocher

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ approcher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe/

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Verb

rapprocher

1. (transitive) to reapproach, to approach again
2. (transitive) to come closer to (physically, as in distance)
3. (transitive) to bring (something or someone) closer to (physically, as in distance)
4. (transitive) to bring closer (to unite)
5. (reflexive, + de) to get closer (to)

   Je ne veux pas me rapprocher pour mieux entendre battre ton cœur

Conjugation

Conjugation of rapprocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rapprocher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rapprochant /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rapproché /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rapproche /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/	rapproches /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/	rapproche /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/	rapprochons /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/	rapprochez /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe/	rapprochent /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/
	imperfect	rapprochais /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/	rapprochais /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/	rapprochait /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/	rapprochions /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	rapprochiez /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃje/	rapprochaient /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	rapprochai /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe/	rapprochas /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃa/	rapprocha /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃa/	rapprochâmes /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃam/	rapprochâtes /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃat/	rapprochèrent /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	rapprocherai /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁe/	rapprocheras /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁa/	rapprochera /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁa/	rapprocherons /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/	rapprocherez /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁe/	rapprocheront /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rapprocherais /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/	rapprocherais /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/	rapprocherait /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/	rapprocherions /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	rapprocheriez /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃə.ʁje/	rapprocheraient /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.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	rapproche /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/	rapproches /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/	rapproche /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/	rapprochions /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	rapprochiez /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃje/	rapprochent /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/
	imperfect2	rapprochasse /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃas/	rapprochasses /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃas/	rapprochât /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃa/	rapprochassions /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	rapprochassiez /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃa.sje/	rapprochassent /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rapproche /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/	—	rapprochons /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/	rapprochez /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe/	—
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

• garde rapprochée
• plan rapproché
• rapprochement

Further reading

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