appréhender

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See also: apprehender

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apprehendere. Doublet of apprendre, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pʁe.ɑ̃.de/
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Verb

appréhender

  1. to dread, apprehend
    J’appréhende beaucoup les évènements à venir. ― I strongly apprehend the events to come.
  2. to catch, apprehend
    Le malfaiteur a été appréhendé en douceur. ― The criminal was smoothly apprehended.

Conjugation

Conjugation of appréhender (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple appréhender
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple appréhendant
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle appréhendé
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present appréhende
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃d/ 		appréhendes
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃d/ 		appréhende
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃d/ 		appréhendons
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		appréhendez
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.de/ 		appréhendent
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃d/
imperfect appréhendais
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɛ/ 		appréhendais
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɛ/ 		appréhendait
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɛ/ 		appréhendions
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		appréhendiez
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dje/ 		appréhendaient
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 appréhendai
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.de/ 		appréhendas
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.da/ 		appréhenda
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.da/ 		appréhendâmes
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dam/ 		appréhendâtes
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dat/ 		appréhendèrent
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɛʁ/
future appréhenderai
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dʁe/ 		appréhenderas
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dʁa/ 		appréhendera
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dʁa/ 		appréhenderons
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		appréhenderez
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dʁe/ 		appréhenderont
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional appréhenderais
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		appréhenderais
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		appréhenderait
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		appréhenderions
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		appréhenderiez
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.də.ʁje/ 		appréhenderaient
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(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 appréhende
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃d/ 		appréhendes
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃d/ 		appréhende
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃d/ 		appréhendions
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		appréhendiez
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dje/ 		appréhendent
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃d/
imperfect2 appréhendasse
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.das/ 		appréhendasses
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.das/ 		appréhendât
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.da/ 		appréhendassions
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ 		appréhendassiez
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.da.sje/ 		appréhendassent
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — appréhende
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃d/ 		— appréhendons
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		appréhendez
/a.pʁe.ɑ̃.de/ 		—
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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