reprocher

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French reprochier, from Vulgar Latin *repropiāre, from prope (“nearby”). See also rapprocher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe/
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Verb

reprocher

  1. to blame somebody for something (place blame upon)
    Il lui reprocha ce qu’il avait fait.
    He reproached him for what he had done.
    • 2015 October 31, “Migrants : Allemagne restreint les accès à sa frontière avec Autriche”, in Le Monde‎:
      « Nous souhaitons parvenir à un processus ordonné », a expliqué le ministère allemand de l’intérieur, deux jours après que Berlin eut reproché aux Autrichiens de conduire des migrants à la frontière de nuit et sans prévenir la police allemande.
      ”We wish to reach an orderly process,” explained the German interior minister, two days after Berlin blamed the Austrians for driving migrants to the border at night and without warning the German police.

Conjugation

Conjugation of reprocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple reprocher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple reprochant
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle reproché
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present reproche
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ/ 		reproches
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ/ 		reproche
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ/ 		reprochons
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ 		reprochez
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe/ 		reprochent
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ/
imperfect reprochais
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ 		reprochais
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ 		reprochait
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ 		reprochions
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		reprochiez
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃje/ 		reprochaient
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 reprochai
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe/ 		reprochas
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃa/ 		reprocha
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃa/ 		reprochâmes
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃam/ 		reprochâtes
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃat/ 		reprochèrent
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃɛʁ/
future reprocherai
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ.ʁe/ 		reprocheras
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ.ʁa/ 		reprochera
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ.ʁa/ 		reprocherons
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		reprocherez
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ.ʁe/ 		reprocheront
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional reprocherais
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ 		reprocherais
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ 		reprocherait
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ 		reprocherions
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		reprocheriez
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ 		reprocheraient
/ʁə.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 reproche
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ/ 		reproches
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ/ 		reproche
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ/ 		reprochions
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		reprochiez
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃje/ 		reprochent
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ/
imperfect2 reprochasse
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃas/ 		reprochasses
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃas/ 		reprochât
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃa/ 		reprochassions
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		reprochassiez
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃa.sje/ 		reprochassent
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — reproche
/ʁə.pʁɔʃ/ 		— reprochons
/ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ 		reprochez
/ʁə.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).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Romanian: reproșa

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