approprier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin appropriare, from Latin proprius. See a-, propre and -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/

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Verb

approprier

1. (transitive) to adapt (something) to a situation
2. (reflexive) to seize, take
3. (reflexive) to make one's own

Conjugation

Conjugation of approprier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	approprier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	appropriant /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		approprié /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	approprie /a.pʁɔ.pʁi/	appropries /a.pʁɔ.pʁi/	approprie /a.pʁɔ.pʁi/	approprions /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɔ̃/	appropriez /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/	approprient /a.pʁɔ.pʁi/
	imperfect	appropriais /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɛ/	appropriais /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɛ/	appropriait /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɛ/	appropriions /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɔ̃/	appropriiez /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/	appropriaient /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɛ/
	past historic2	appropriai /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/	approprias /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja/	appropria /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja/	appropriâmes /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jam/	appropriâtes /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jat/	approprièrent /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɛʁ/
	future	approprierai /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁe/	approprieras /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁa/	appropriera /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁa/	approprierons /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁɔ̃/	approprierez /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁe/	approprieront /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	approprierais /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁɛ/	approprierais /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁɛ/	approprierait /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁɛ/	approprierions /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	approprieriez /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ʁje/	approprieraient /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.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	approprie /a.pʁɔ.pʁi/	appropries /a.pʁɔ.pʁi/	approprie /a.pʁɔ.pʁi/	appropriions /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɔ̃/	appropriiez /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je/	approprient /a.pʁɔ.pʁi/
	imperfect2	appropriasse /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jas/	appropriasses /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jas/	appropriât /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja/	appropriassions /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/	appropriassiez /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja.sje/	appropriassent /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	approprie /a.pʁɔ.pʁi/	—	approprions /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.jɔ̃/	appropriez /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.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).

Synonyms

• s'accaparer
• usurper

Related terms

• appropriation

Further reading

• “approprier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.