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

  1. (transitive) to press, push
  2. (transitive) to rest
  3. (transitive) to support, to back
  4. (reflexive) to lean [+ sur (object) = on] or [+ contre (object) = against]
  5. (reflexive) to depend, to rely [+ sur (object) = on]
  6. (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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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

Descendants
  • Saint Dominican Creole French: puyer

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