appointer

English

Etymology

appoint +‎ -er.

Noun

appointer (plural appointers)

  1. A person who appoints (in any sense).

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French apointier. By surface analysis, a- +‎ point +‎ -er. Possibly corresponds to a Late Latin appunctāre, from Latin ad + punctum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.pwɛ̃.te/
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Verb

appointer

  1. to salary (attribute a salary to a position)
  2. to appoint (attribute a job, a position to someone)
  3. to sharpen into a point
    appointer un crayon
    to sharpen a pencil
  4. (reflexive, s'appointer) to unite; to become united

Conjugation
Conjugation of appointer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple appointer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple appointant
/a.pwɛ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle appointé
/a.pwɛ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present appointe
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 appointes
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 appointe
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 appointons
/a.pwɛ̃.tɔ̃/		 appointez
/a.pwɛ̃.te/		 appointent
/a.pwɛ̃t/
imperfect appointais
/a.pwɛ̃.tɛ/		 appointais
/a.pwɛ̃.tɛ/		 appointait
/a.pwɛ̃.tɛ/		 appointions
/a.pwɛ̃.tjɔ̃/		 appointiez
/a.pwɛ̃.tje/		 appointaient
/a.pwɛ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 appointai
/a.pwɛ̃.te/		 appointas
/a.pwɛ̃.ta/		 appointa
/a.pwɛ̃.ta/		 appointâmes
/a.pwɛ̃.tam/		 appointâtes
/a.pwɛ̃.tat/		 appointèrent
/a.pwɛ̃.tɛʁ/
future appointerai
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁe/		 appointeras
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁa/		 appointera
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁa/		 appointerons
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 appointerez
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁe/		 appointeront
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional appointerais
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 appointerais
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 appointerait
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 appointerions
/a.pwɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 appointeriez
/a.pwɛ̃.tə.ʁje/		 appointeraient
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 appointe
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 appointes
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 appointe
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 appointions
/a.pwɛ̃.tjɔ̃/		 appointiez
/a.pwɛ̃.tje/		 appointent
/a.pwɛ̃t/
imperfect2 appointasse
/a.pwɛ̃.tas/		 appointasses
/a.pwɛ̃.tas/		 appointât
/a.pwɛ̃.ta/		 appointassions
/a.pwɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 appointassiez
/a.pwɛ̃.ta.sje/		 appointassent
/a.pwɛ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — appointe
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 — appointons
/a.pwɛ̃.tɔ̃/		 appointez
/a.pwɛ̃.te/		 —
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).

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