appuyer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French apuyer, Old French apoiier, borrowed from Medieval Latin *appodiāre, from Latin podium. Compare Spanish apoyar, Portuguese apoiar, Italian appoggiare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pɥi.je/
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Verb
appuyer
- (transitive) to press, push
- (transitive) to rest
- (transitive) to support, to back
- (reflexive) to lean [with sur ‘on’; or with contre ‘against’]
- (reflexive) to depend, to rely [with sur ‘on’]
- (reflexive) to put up with
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of appuyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | appuyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | appuyant /a.pɥi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | appuyé /a.pɥi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | appuie /a.pɥi/ |
appuies /a.pɥi/ |
appuie /a.pɥi/ |
appuyons /a.pɥi.jɔ̃/ |
appuyez /a.pɥi.je/ |
appuient /a.pɥi/ |
| imperfect | appuyais /a.pɥi.jɛ/ |
appuyais /a.pɥi.jɛ/ |
appuyait /a.pɥi.jɛ/ |
appuyions /a.pɥij.jɔ̃/ |
appuyiez /a.pɥij.je/ |
appuyaient /a.pɥi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | appuyai /a.pɥi.je/ |
appuyas /a.pɥi.ja/ |
appuya /a.pɥi.ja/ |
appuyâmes /a.pɥi.jam/ |
appuyâtes /a.pɥi.jat/ |
appuyèrent /a.pɥi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | appuierai /a.pɥi.ʁe/ |
appuieras /a.pɥi.ʁa/ |
appuiera /a.pɥi.ʁa/ |
appuierons /a.pɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
appuierez /a.pɥi.ʁe/ |
appuieront /a.pɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | appuierais /a.pɥi.ʁɛ/ |
appuierais /a.pɥi.ʁɛ/ |
appuierait /a.pɥi.ʁɛ/ |
appuierions /a.pɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
appuieriez /a.pɥi.ʁje/ |
appuieraient /a.pɥi.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 | appuie /a.pɥi/ |
appuies /a.pɥi/ |
appuie /a.pɥi/ |
appuyions /a.pɥij.jɔ̃/ |
appuyiez /a.pɥij.je/ |
appuient /a.pɥi/ |
| imperfect2 | appuyasse /a.pɥi.jas/ |
appuyasses /a.pɥi.jas/ |
appuyât /a.pɥi.ja/ |
appuyassions /a.pɥi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
appuyassiez /a.pɥi.ja.sje/ |
appuyassent /a.pɥi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | appuie /a.pɥi/ |
— | appuyons /a.pɥi.jɔ̃/ |
appuyez /a.pɥi.je/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Saint Dominican Creole French: puyer
Further reading
- “appuyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.