approcher

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French aprochier, from Late Latin appropiāre, a verb based on Latin prope (“near”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pʁɔ.ʃe/
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    (s'approcher)

Verb

approcher

  1. to approach, to come close to, to move towards
    Pourquoi es-tu si loin? Approche.
    Why are you so far away? Come closer.

Conjugation

Conjugation of approcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple approcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple approchant
/a.pʁɔ.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle approché
/a.pʁɔ.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present approche
/a.pʁɔʃ/ 		approches
/a.pʁɔʃ/ 		approche
/a.pʁɔʃ/ 		approchons
/a.pʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ 		approchez
/a.pʁɔ.ʃe/ 		approchent
/a.pʁɔʃ/
imperfect approchais
/a.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ 		approchais
/a.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ 		approchait
/a.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ 		approchions
/a.pʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		approchiez
/a.pʁɔ.ʃje/ 		approchaient
/a.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 approchai
/a.pʁɔ.ʃe/ 		approchas
/a.pʁɔ.ʃa/ 		approcha
/a.pʁɔ.ʃa/ 		approchâmes
/a.pʁɔ.ʃam/ 		approchâtes
/a.pʁɔ.ʃat/ 		approchèrent
/a.pʁɔ.ʃɛʁ/
future approcherai
/a.pʁɔʃ.ʁe/ 		approcheras
/a.pʁɔʃ.ʁa/ 		approchera
/a.pʁɔʃ.ʁa/ 		approcherons
/a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		approcherez
/a.pʁɔʃ.ʁe/ 		approcheront
/a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional approcherais
/a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ 		approcherais
/a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ 		approcherait
/a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ 		approcherions
/a.pʁɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		approcheriez
/a.pʁɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ 		approcheraient
/a.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 approche
/a.pʁɔʃ/ 		approches
/a.pʁɔʃ/ 		approche
/a.pʁɔʃ/ 		approchions
/a.pʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		approchiez
/a.pʁɔ.ʃje/ 		approchent
/a.pʁɔʃ/
imperfect2 approchasse
/a.pʁɔ.ʃas/ 		approchasses
/a.pʁɔ.ʃas/ 		approchât
/a.pʁɔ.ʃa/ 		approchassions
/a.pʁɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		approchassiez
/a.pʁɔ.ʃa.sje/ 		approchassent
/a.pʁɔ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — approche
/a.pʁɔʃ/ 		— approchons
/a.pʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ 		approchez
/a.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Descendants

  • → Italian: approcciare

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