rapprocher
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe/
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Verb
rapprocher
- (transitive) to reapproach, to approach again
- (transitive) to come closer to (physically, as in distance)
- (transitive) to bring (something or someone) closer to (physically, as in distance)
- (transitive) to bring closer (to unite)
- (reflexive, + de) to get closer (to)
- Je ne veux pas me rapprocher pour mieux entendre battre ton cœur
Conjugation
Conjugation of rapprocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rapprocher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rapprochant /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rapproché /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rapproche /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/ |
rapproches /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/ |
rapproche /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/ |
rapprochons /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ |
rapprochez /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe/ |
rapprochent /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/ |
| imperfect | rapprochais /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ |
rapprochais /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ |
rapprochait /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ |
rapprochions /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
rapprochiez /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃje/ |
rapprochaient /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rapprochai /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe/ |
rapprochas /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃa/ |
rapprocha /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃa/ |
rapprochâmes /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃam/ |
rapprochâtes /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃat/ |
rapprochèrent /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | rapprocherai /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁe/ |
rapprocheras /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁa/ |
rapprochera /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁa/ |
rapprocherons /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
rapprocherez /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁe/ |
rapprocheront /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rapprocherais /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
rapprocherais /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
rapprocherait /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
rapprocherions /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rapprocheriez /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
rapprocheraient /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.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 | rapproche /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/ |
rapproches /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/ |
rapproche /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/ |
rapprochions /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
rapprochiez /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃje/ |
rapprochent /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | rapprochasse /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃas/ |
rapprochasses /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃas/ |
rapprochât /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃa/ |
rapprochassions /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
rapprochassiez /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃa.sje/ |
rapprochassent /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rapproche /ʁa.pʁɔʃ/ |
— | rapprochons /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ |
rapprochez /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe/ |
— | |
| 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
Further reading
- “rapprocher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.