occuper

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French occuper, from Latin occupāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ.ky.pe/
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Verb

occuper

  1. to occupy, to take up
  2. to employ
  3. (reflexive, s'occuper) to be busy, to keep oneself busy
  4. (reflexive, s'occuper de quelqu'un, with de) to take care of, to tend to, to deal with someone
    Moi, je m’occupe des clients.
    Me, I'll take care of the clients.

Conjugation
Conjugation of occuper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple occuper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple occupant
/ɔ.ky.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle occupé
/ɔ.ky.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present occupe
/ɔ.kyp/		 occupes
/ɔ.kyp/		 occupe
/ɔ.kyp/		 occupons
/ɔ.ky.pɔ̃/		 occupez
/ɔ.ky.pe/		 occupent
/ɔ.kyp/
imperfect occupais
/ɔ.ky.pɛ/		 occupais
/ɔ.ky.pɛ/		 occupait
/ɔ.ky.pɛ/		 occupions
/ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/		 occupiez
/ɔ.ky.pje/		 occupaient
/ɔ.ky.pɛ/
past historic2 occupai
/ɔ.ky.pe/		 occupas
/ɔ.ky.pa/		 occupa
/ɔ.ky.pa/		 occupâmes
/ɔ.ky.pam/		 occupâtes
/ɔ.ky.pat/		 occupèrent
/ɔ.ky.pɛʁ/
future occuperai
/ɔ.ky.pʁe/		 occuperas
/ɔ.ky.pʁa/		 occupera
/ɔ.ky.pʁa/		 occuperons
/ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/		 occuperez
/ɔ.ky.pʁe/		 occuperont
/ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/
conditional occuperais
/ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/		 occuperais
/ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/		 occuperait
/ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/		 occuperions
/ɔ.ky.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 occuperiez
/ɔ.ky.pə.ʁje/		 occuperaient
/ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/
(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 occupe
/ɔ.kyp/		 occupes
/ɔ.kyp/		 occupe
/ɔ.kyp/		 occupions
/ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/		 occupiez
/ɔ.ky.pje/		 occupent
/ɔ.kyp/
imperfect2 occupasse
/ɔ.ky.pas/		 occupasses
/ɔ.ky.pas/		 occupât
/ɔ.ky.pa/		 occupassions
/ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃/		 occupassiez
/ɔ.ky.pa.sje/		 occupassent
/ɔ.ky.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — occupe
/ɔ.kyp/		 — occupons
/ɔ.ky.pɔ̃/		 occupez
/ɔ.ky.pe/		 —
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Conjugation of s'occuper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple s'occuper
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple s’occupant
/sə ɔ.ky.pɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle occupé
/ɔ.ky.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present m’occupe
/mə ɔ.kyp/		 t’occupes
/tə ɔ.kyp/		 s’occupe
/sə ɔ.kyp/		 nous occupons
/nu ɔ.ky.pɔ̃/		 vous occupez
/vu ɔ.ky.pe/		 s’occupent
/sə ɔ.kyp/
imperfect m’occupais
/mə ɔ.ky.pɛ/		 t’occupais
/tə ɔ.ky.pɛ/		 s’occupait
/sə ɔ.ky.pɛ/		 nous occupions
/nu ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/		 vous occupiez
/vu ɔ.ky.pje/		 s’occupaient
/sə ɔ.ky.pɛ/
past historic2 m’occupai
/mə ɔ.ky.pe/		 t’occupas
/tə ɔ.ky.pa/		 s’occupa
/sə ɔ.ky.pa/		 nous occupâmes
/nu ɔ.ky.pam/		 vous occupâtes
/vu ɔ.ky.pat/		 s’occupèrent
/sə ɔ.ky.pɛʁ/
future m’occuperai
/mə ɔ.ky.pʁe/		 t’occuperas
/tə ɔ.ky.pʁa/		 s’occupera
/sə ɔ.ky.pʁa/		 nous occuperons
/nu ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/		 vous occuperez
/vu ɔ.ky.pʁe/		 s’occuperont
/sə ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/
conditional m’occuperais
/mə ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/		 t’occuperais
/tə ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/		 s’occuperait
/sə ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/		 nous occuperions
/nu ɔ.ky.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 vous occuperiez
/vu ɔ.ky.pə.ʁje/		 s’occuperaient
/sə ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present m’occupe
/mə ɔ.kyp/		 t’occupes
/tə ɔ.kyp/		 s’occupe
/sə ɔ.kyp/		 nous occupions
/nu ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/		 vous occupiez
/vu ɔ.ky.pje/		 s’occupent
/sə ɔ.kyp/
imperfect2 m’occupasse
/mə ɔ.ky.pas/		 t’occupasses
/tə ɔ.ky.pas/		 s’occupât
/sə ɔ.ky.pa/		 nous occupassions
/nu ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃/		 vous occupassiez
/vu ɔ.ky.pa.sje/		 s’occupassent
/sə ɔ.ky.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — occupe-toi
/ɔ.kyp.twa/		 — occupons-nous
/ɔ.ky.pɔ̃.nu/		 occupez-vous
/ɔ.ky.pe.vu/		 —
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

occuper

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of occupō

Middle French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin occupō.

Verb

occuper

  1. to occupy (to retain or to remain in a place)

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of occuper
infinitive simple occuper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple occupant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle occupé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present occupe occupes occupe occupons occupez occupent
imperfect occupois, occupoys occupois, occupoys occupoit, occupoyt occupions, occupyons occupiez, occupyez occupoient, occupoyent
past historic occupa occupas occupa occupasmes occupastes occuperent
future occuperai, occuperay occuperas occupera occuperons occuperez occuperont
conditional occuperois, occuperoys occuperois, occuperoys occuperoit, occuperoyt occuperions, occuperyons occuperiez, occuperyez occuperoient, occuperoyent
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present occupe occupes occupe occupons occupez occupent
imperfect occupasse occupasses occupast occupassions occupassiez occupassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — occupe — occupons occupez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).
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