agréer
See also: agreer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ɡʁe.e/
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Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle French agreer (“to accept, receive, admit, welcome”), from Old French agreer (“to consent, approve, be grateful”), from a- + gré (“consent, permission, will”). Compare Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish agradar.
Verb
agréer
- (formal) to accept
- Veuillez agréer l’expression de mes sentiments respectueux.
- Semi-literally 'please accept my expression of respect'
Conjugation
Conjugation of agréer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | agréer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | agréant /a.ɡʁe.ɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | agréé /a.ɡʁe.e/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | agrée /a.ɡʁe/ |
agrées /a.ɡʁe/ |
agrée /a.ɡʁe/ |
agréons /a.ɡʁe.ɔ̃/ |
agréez /a.ɡʁe.e/ |
agréent /a.ɡʁe/ |
| imperfect | agréais /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/ |
agréais /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/ |
agréait /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/ |
agréions /a.ɡʁej.jɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.jɔ̃/ |
agréiez /a.ɡʁej.je/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.je/ |
agréaient /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | agréai /a.ɡʁe.e/ |
agréas /a.ɡʁe.a/ |
agréa /a.ɡʁe.a/ |
agréâmes /a.ɡʁe.am/ |
agréâtes /a.ɡʁe.at/ |
agréèrent /a.ɡʁe.ɛʁ/ | |
| future | agréerai /a.ɡʁe.ʁe/ |
agréeras /a.ɡʁe.ʁa/ |
agréera /a.ɡʁe.ʁa/ |
agréerons /a.ɡʁe.ʁɔ̃/ |
agréerez /a.ɡʁe.ʁe/ |
agréeront /a.ɡʁe.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | agréerais /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/ |
agréerais /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/ |
agréerait /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/ |
agréerions /a.ɡʁe.ʁjɔ̃/ |
agréeriez /a.ɡʁe.ʁje/ |
agréeraient /a.ɡʁe.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 | agrée /a.ɡʁe/ |
agrées /a.ɡʁe/ |
agrée /a.ɡʁe/ |
agréions /a.ɡʁej.jɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.jɔ̃/ |
agréiez /a.ɡʁej.je/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.je/ |
agréent /a.ɡʁe/ |
| imperfect2 | agréasse /a.ɡʁe.as/ |
agréasses /a.ɡʁe.as/ |
agréât /a.ɡʁe.a/ |
agréassions /a.ɡʁe.a.sjɔ̃/ |
agréassiez /a.ɡʁe.a.sje/ |
agréassent /a.ɡʁe.as/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | agrée /a.ɡʁe/ |
— | agréons /a.ɡʁe.ɔ̃/ |
agréez /a.ɡʁe.e/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Middle French agreer (“to equip”), from Anglo-Norman agreier (“to equip, equip a ship with tackle”), from a- + *greier, from Old Norse greida (“to put in order, prepare, arrange”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to prepare, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to put in order, make comfortable”). Cognate with Old English ġerǣdan (“to arrange, assist”), Middle High German gereiten (“to arrange, prepare”), Middle Dutch gereide (“equipment, harness”). More at English ready.
Conjugation
Conjugation of agréer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | agréer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | agréant /a.ɡʁe.ɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | agréé /a.ɡʁe.e/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | agrée /a.ɡʁe/ |
agrées /a.ɡʁe/ |
agrée /a.ɡʁe/ |
agréons /a.ɡʁe.ɔ̃/ |
agréez /a.ɡʁe.e/ |
agréent /a.ɡʁe/ |
| imperfect | agréais /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/ |
agréais /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/ |
agréait /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/ |
agréions /a.ɡʁej.jɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.jɔ̃/ |
agréiez /a.ɡʁej.je/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.je/ |
agréaient /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | agréai /a.ɡʁe.e/ |
agréas /a.ɡʁe.a/ |
agréa /a.ɡʁe.a/ |
agréâmes /a.ɡʁe.am/ |
agréâtes /a.ɡʁe.at/ |
agréèrent /a.ɡʁe.ɛʁ/ | |
| future | agréerai /a.ɡʁe.ʁe/ |
agréeras /a.ɡʁe.ʁa/ |
agréera /a.ɡʁe.ʁa/ |
agréerons /a.ɡʁe.ʁɔ̃/ |
agréerez /a.ɡʁe.ʁe/ |
agréeront /a.ɡʁe.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | agréerais /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/ |
agréerais /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/ |
agréerait /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/ |
agréerions /a.ɡʁe.ʁjɔ̃/ |
agréeriez /a.ɡʁe.ʁje/ |
agréeraient /a.ɡʁe.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 | agrée /a.ɡʁe/ |
agrées /a.ɡʁe/ |
agrée /a.ɡʁe/ |
agréions /a.ɡʁej.jɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.jɔ̃/ |
agréiez /a.ɡʁej.je/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.je/ |
agréent /a.ɡʁe/ |
| imperfect2 | agréasse /a.ɡʁe.as/ |
agréasses /a.ɡʁe.as/ |
agréât /a.ɡʁe.a/ |
agréassions /a.ɡʁe.a.sjɔ̃/ |
agréassiez /a.ɡʁe.a.sje/ |
agréassent /a.ɡʁe.as/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | agrée /a.ɡʁe/ |
— | agréons /a.ɡʁe.ɔ̃/ |
agréez /a.ɡʁe.e/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “agréer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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