appuyer
French
Etymology
From Middle French apuyer, Old French apoiier, borrowed from Medieval Latin *appodiāre, present active infinitive of *appodiō, 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 [+ sur (object) = on] or [+ contre (object) = against]
- (reflexive) to depend, to rely [+ sur (object) = 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
- appuyer sur le champignon
Related terms
- appui
Descendants
- Saint Dominican Creole French: puyer
Further reading
- “appuyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.