accaparer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian accaparrare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ka.pa.ʁe/
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Verb
accaparer
- to monopolize, to corner
- to occupy, to grab, to acquire, to arrogate (often with force or money)
- to engross, to preoccupy
Conjugation
Conjugation of accaparer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | accaparer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | accaparant /a.ka.pa.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | accaparé /a.ka.pa.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | accapare /a.ka.paʁ/ |
accapares /a.ka.paʁ/ |
accapare /a.ka.paʁ/ |
accaparons /a.ka.pa.ʁɔ̃/ |
accaparez /a.ka.pa.ʁe/ |
accaparent /a.ka.paʁ/ |
| imperfect | accaparais /a.ka.pa.ʁɛ/ |
accaparais /a.ka.pa.ʁɛ/ |
accaparait /a.ka.pa.ʁɛ/ |
accaparions /a.ka.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
accapariez /a.ka.pa.ʁje/ |
accaparaient /a.ka.pa.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | accaparai /a.ka.pa.ʁe/ |
accaparas /a.ka.pa.ʁa/ |
accapara /a.ka.pa.ʁa/ |
accaparâmes /a.ka.pa.ʁam/ |
accaparâtes /a.ka.pa.ʁat/ |
accaparèrent /a.ka.pa.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | accaparerai /a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ |
accapareras /a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ |
accaparera /a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ |
accaparerons /a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
accaparerez /a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ |
accapareront /a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | accaparerais /a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
accaparerais /a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
accaparerait /a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
accaparerions /a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
accapareriez /a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁje/ |
accapareraient /a.ka.pa.ʁə.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 | accapare /a.ka.paʁ/ |
accapares /a.ka.paʁ/ |
accapare /a.ka.paʁ/ |
accaparions /a.ka.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
accapariez /a.ka.pa.ʁje/ |
accaparent /a.ka.paʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | accaparasse /a.ka.pa.ʁas/ |
accaparasses /a.ka.pa.ʁas/ |
accaparât /a.ka.pa.ʁa/ |
accaparassions /a.ka.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
accaparassiez /a.ka.pa.ʁa.sje/ |
accaparassent /a.ka.pa.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | accapare /a.ka.paʁ/ |
— | accaparons /a.ka.pa.ʁɔ̃/ |
accaparez /a.ka.pa.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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
Further reading
- “accaparer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.