approximer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin approximāre.
Pronunciation
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Verb
approximer
- to approximate (to carry or advance near; to cause to approach)
Conjugation
Conjugation of approximer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | approximer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | approximant /a.pʁɔk.si.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | approximé /a.pʁɔk.si.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | approxime /a.pʁɔk.sim/ |
approximes /a.pʁɔk.sim/ |
approxime /a.pʁɔk.sim/ |
approximons /a.pʁɔk.si.mɔ̃/ |
approximez /a.pʁɔk.si.me/ |
approximent /a.pʁɔk.sim/ |
| imperfect | approximais /a.pʁɔk.si.mɛ/ |
approximais /a.pʁɔk.si.mɛ/ |
approximait /a.pʁɔk.si.mɛ/ |
approximions /a.pʁɔk.si.mjɔ̃/ |
approximiez /a.pʁɔk.si.mje/ |
approximaient /a.pʁɔk.si.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | approximai /a.pʁɔk.si.me/ |
approximas /a.pʁɔk.si.ma/ |
approxima /a.pʁɔk.si.ma/ |
approximâmes /a.pʁɔk.si.mam/ |
approximâtes /a.pʁɔk.si.mat/ |
approximèrent /a.pʁɔk.si.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | approximerai /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁe/ |
approximeras /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁa/ |
approximera /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁa/ |
approximerons /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁɔ̃/ |
approximerez /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁe/ |
approximeront /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | approximerais /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁɛ/ |
approximerais /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁɛ/ |
approximerait /a.pʁɔk.sim.ʁɛ/ |
approximerions /a.pʁɔk.si.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
approximeriez /a.pʁɔk.si.mə.ʁje/ |
approximeraient /a.pʁɔk.sim.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 | approxime /a.pʁɔk.sim/ |
approximes /a.pʁɔk.sim/ |
approxime /a.pʁɔk.sim/ |
approximions /a.pʁɔk.si.mjɔ̃/ |
approximiez /a.pʁɔk.si.mje/ |
approximent /a.pʁɔk.sim/ |
| imperfect2 | approximasse /a.pʁɔk.si.mas/ |
approximasses /a.pʁɔk.si.mas/ |
approximât /a.pʁɔk.si.ma/ |
approximassions /a.pʁɔk.si.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
approximassiez /a.pʁɔk.si.ma.sje/ |
approximassent /a.pʁɔk.si.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | approxime /a.pʁɔk.sim/ |
— | approximons /a.pʁɔk.si.mɔ̃/ |
approximez /a.pʁɔk.si.me/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “approximer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Latin
Verb
approximer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of approximō