approuver

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word approuver. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word approuver, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say approuver in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word approuver you have here. The definition of the word approuver will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofapprouver, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin approbāre, approbō, adapted to French prouver. By surface analysis, a- +‎ prouver.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pʁu.ve/
  • audio(file)

Verb

approuver

  1. to approve of
    Antonym: désapprouver

Conjugation

Conjugation of approuver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple approuver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple approuvant
/a.pʁu.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle approuvé
/a.pʁu.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present approuve
/a.pʁuv/ 		approuves
/a.pʁuv/ 		approuve
/a.pʁuv/ 		approuvons
/a.pʁu.vɔ̃/ 		approuvez
/a.pʁu.ve/ 		approuvent
/a.pʁuv/
imperfect approuvais
/a.pʁu.vɛ/ 		approuvais
/a.pʁu.vɛ/ 		approuvait
/a.pʁu.vɛ/ 		approuvions
/a.pʁu.vjɔ̃/ 		approuviez
/a.pʁu.vje/ 		approuvaient
/a.pʁu.vɛ/
past historic2 approuvai
/a.pʁu.ve/ 		approuvas
/a.pʁu.va/ 		approuva
/a.pʁu.va/ 		approuvâmes
/a.pʁu.vam/ 		approuvâtes
/a.pʁu.vat/ 		approuvèrent
/a.pʁu.vɛʁ/
future approuverai
/a.pʁu.vʁe/ 		approuveras
/a.pʁu.vʁa/ 		approuvera
/a.pʁu.vʁa/ 		approuverons
/a.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/ 		approuverez
/a.pʁu.vʁe/ 		approuveront
/a.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/
conditional approuverais
/a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ 		approuverais
/a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ 		approuverait
/a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ 		approuverions
/a.pʁu.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		approuveriez
/a.pʁu.və.ʁje/ 		approuveraient
/a.pʁu.vʁɛ/
(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 approuve
/a.pʁuv/ 		approuves
/a.pʁuv/ 		approuve
/a.pʁuv/ 		approuvions
/a.pʁu.vjɔ̃/ 		approuviez
/a.pʁu.vje/ 		approuvent
/a.pʁuv/
imperfect2 approuvasse
/a.pʁu.vas/ 		approuvasses
/a.pʁu.vas/ 		approuvât
/a.pʁu.va/ 		approuvassions
/a.pʁu.va.sjɔ̃/ 		approuvassiez
/a.pʁu.va.sje/ 		approuvassent
/a.pʁu.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — approuve
/a.pʁuv/ 		— approuvons
/a.pʁu.vɔ̃/ 		approuvez
/a.pʁu.ve/ 		—
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).

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Old French aprover (“to approve”), borrowed from Latin approbō, approbāre (“regard as good, approve, favour, commend, endorse”), from ad + probō, probāre (“esteem as good, approve, prove”).

Verb

approuver

  1. (Jersey) to approve (of)
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia