appliquer

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English

Etymology

applique +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

appliquer (plural appliquers)

  1. One who appliques.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin applicāre. Eventually replaced the inherited Old French applier, aploier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pli.ke/
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Verb

appliquer

  1. (transitive) to apply, to put something on something else
  2. (transitive) to apply, to employ, to make use of
  3. (reflexive, ~ à) to apply to, to be applicable to
    1. (mathematics) to map to
  4. (reflexive) to apply one's effort to something, to try hard, to dedicate oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of appliquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple appliquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple appliquant
/a.pli.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle appliqué
/a.pli.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present applique
/a.plik/ 		appliques
/a.plik/ 		applique
/a.plik/ 		appliquons
/a.pli.kɔ̃/ 		appliquez
/a.pli.ke/ 		appliquent
/a.plik/
imperfect appliquais
/a.pli.kɛ/ 		appliquais
/a.pli.kɛ/ 		appliquait
/a.pli.kɛ/ 		appliquions
/a.pli.kjɔ̃/ 		appliquiez
/a.pli.kje/ 		appliquaient
/a.pli.kɛ/
past historic2 appliquai
/a.pli.ke/ 		appliquas
/a.pli.ka/ 		appliqua
/a.pli.ka/ 		appliquâmes
/a.pli.kam/ 		appliquâtes
/a.pli.kat/ 		appliquèrent
/a.pli.kɛʁ/
future appliquerai
/a.pli.kʁe/ 		appliqueras
/a.pli.kʁa/ 		appliquera
/a.pli.kʁa/ 		appliquerons
/a.pli.kʁɔ̃/ 		appliquerez
/a.pli.kʁe/ 		appliqueront
/a.pli.kʁɔ̃/
conditional appliquerais
/a.pli.kʁɛ/ 		appliquerais
/a.pli.kʁɛ/ 		appliquerait
/a.pli.kʁɛ/ 		appliquerions
/a.pli.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		appliqueriez
/a.pli.kə.ʁje/ 		appliqueraient
/a.pli.kʁɛ/
(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 applique
/a.plik/ 		appliques
/a.plik/ 		applique
/a.plik/ 		appliquions
/a.pli.kjɔ̃/ 		appliquiez
/a.pli.kje/ 		appliquent
/a.plik/
imperfect2 appliquasse
/a.pli.kas/ 		appliquasses
/a.pli.kas/ 		appliquât
/a.pli.ka/ 		appliquassions
/a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		appliquassiez
/a.pli.ka.sje/ 		appliquassent
/a.pli.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — applique
/a.plik/ 		— appliquons
/a.pli.kɔ̃/ 		appliquez
/a.pli.ke/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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