paraître

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See also: paraitre

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French paroistre, from Old French paroistre, pareistre, from Vulgar Latin *pārēscere, from Latin pārēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ʁɛtʁ/
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Verb

paraître

  1. to appear (become visible)
    Synonym: apparaître
    L’acteur parut sur l’écran. ― The actor appeared on screen.
  2. to be published
    Synonym: être publié
    Ce texte est paru il y a longtemps. ― This text was published long ago.
    Le livre paraîtra en août. ― The book will be published in August.
  3. to appear, to seem
    Synonym: sembler
    Il paraît avoir 40 ans. ― He seems forty (years old).
  4. (impersonal, with que) to be said that, to be rumored that
    Il paraît que le vaccin fonctionne très bien. ― It is said that that the vaccine works very well.

Usage notes

  • In the sense of to be published, this verb can take the verb être as the perfect auxiliary.[1]

Conjugation

This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs that are all conjugated the same way. They are unlike other verb groups in that the 'i' is given a circumflex before a 't'.

Conjugation of paraître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple paraître
compound avoir or être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple paraissant
/pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle paru
/pa.ʁy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present parais
/pa.ʁɛ/ 		parais
/pa.ʁɛ/ 		paraît
/pa.ʁɛ/ 		paraissons
/pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ 		paraissez
/pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ 		paraissent
/pa.ʁɛs/
imperfect paraissais
/pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ 		paraissais
/pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ 		paraissait
/pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ 		paraissions
/pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		paraissiez
/pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sje/ 		paraissaient
/pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/
past historic2 parus
/pa.ʁy/ 		parus
/pa.ʁy/ 		parut
/pa.ʁy/ 		parûmes
/pa.ʁym/ 		parûtes
/pa.ʁyt/ 		parurent
/pa.ʁyʁ/
future paraîtrai
/pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁe/ 		paraîtras
/pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁa/ 		paraîtra
/pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁa/ 		paraîtrons
/pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ 		paraîtrez
/pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁe/ 		paraîtront
/pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional paraîtrais
/pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		paraîtrais
/pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		paraîtrait
/pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		paraîtrions
/pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		paraîtriez
/pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.je/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁi.je/ 		paraîtraient
/pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir or être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir or être + past participle
future perfect future of avoir or être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir or être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present paraisse
/pa.ʁɛs/ 		paraisses
/pa.ʁɛs/ 		paraisse
/pa.ʁɛs/ 		paraissions
/pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		paraissiez
/pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sje/ 		paraissent
/pa.ʁɛs/
imperfect2 parusse
/pa.ʁys/ 		parusses
/pa.ʁys/ 		parût
/pa.ʁy/ 		parussions
/pa.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ 		parussiez
/pa.ʁy.sje/ 		parussent
/pa.ʁys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — parais
/pa.ʁɛ/ 		— paraissons
/pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ 		paraissez
/pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle — simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle simple imperative of avoir or être + 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).

Descendants

  • Saint Dominican Creole French: paroître
    • Haitian Creole: parèt

Noun

paraître m (plural paraîtres)

  1. appearance

References

  1. ^ “paraître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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