approcher
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French aprochier, from Late Latin appropiāre, a verb based on Latin prope (“near”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pʁɔ.ʃe/
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Verb
approcher
- to approach, to come close to, to move towards
- Pourquoi es-tu si loin? Approche.
- Why are you so far away? Come closer.
Conjugation
Conjugation of approcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | approcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | approchant /a.pʁɔ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | approché /a.pʁɔ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | approche /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
approches /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
approche /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
approchons /a.pʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ |
approchez /a.pʁɔ.ʃe/ |
approchent /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
| imperfect | approchais /a.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ |
approchais /a.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ |
approchait /a.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ |
approchions /a.pʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
approchiez /a.pʁɔ.ʃje/ |
approchaient /a.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | approchai /a.pʁɔ.ʃe/ |
approchas /a.pʁɔ.ʃa/ |
approcha /a.pʁɔ.ʃa/ |
approchâmes /a.pʁɔ.ʃam/ |
approchâtes /a.pʁɔ.ʃat/ |
approchèrent /a.pʁɔ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | approcherai /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁe/ |
approcheras /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁa/ |
approchera /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁa/ |
approcherons /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
approcherez /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁe/ |
approcheront /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | approcherais /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
approcherais /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
approcherait /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
approcherions /a.pʁɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
approcheriez /a.pʁɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
approcheraient /a.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 | approche /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
approches /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
approche /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
approchions /a.pʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
approchiez /a.pʁɔ.ʃje/ |
approchent /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | approchasse /a.pʁɔ.ʃas/ |
approchasses /a.pʁɔ.ʃas/ |
approchât /a.pʁɔ.ʃa/ |
approchassions /a.pʁɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
approchassiez /a.pʁɔ.ʃa.sje/ |
approchassent /a.pʁɔ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | approche /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
— | approchons /a.pʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ |
approchez /a.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Descendants
- → Italian: approcciare
Further reading
- “approcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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