approprier

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin appropriare, from Latin proprius. See a-, propre and -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/
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Verb

approprier

  1. (transitive) to adapt (something) to a situation
  2. (reflexive) to seize, take
  3. (reflexive) to make one's own

Conjugation

Conjugation of approprier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple approprier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple appropriant
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle approprié
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present approprie
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi/ 		appropries
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi/ 		approprie
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi/ 		approprions
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɔ̃/ 		appropriez
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/ 		approprient
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi/
imperfect appropriais
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɛ/ 		appropriais
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɛ/ 		appropriait
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɛ/ 		appropriions
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɔ̃/ 		appropriiez
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/ 		appropriaient
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɛ/
past historic2 appropriai
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/ 		approprias
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja/ 		appropria
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja/ 		appropriâmes
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jam/ 		appropriâtes
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jat/ 		approprièrent
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɛʁ/
future approprierai
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁe/ 		approprieras
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁa/ 		appropriera
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁa/ 		approprierons
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		approprierez
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁe/ 		approprieront
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional approprierais
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁɛ/ 		approprierais
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁɛ/ 		approprierait
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁɛ/ 		approprierions
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		approprieriez
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁje/ 		approprieraient
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.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 approprie
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi/ 		appropries
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi/ 		approprie
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi/ 		appropriions
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɔ̃/ 		appropriiez
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/ 		approprient
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi/
imperfect2 appropriasse
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jas/ 		appropriasses
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jas/ 		appropriât
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja/ 		appropriassions
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		appropriassiez
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja.sje/ 		appropriassent
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — approprie
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi/ 		— approprions
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɔ̃/ 		appropriez
/a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/ 		—
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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