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 [with sur ‘on’; or with contre ‘against’]
5. (reflexive) to depend, to rely [with sur ‘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

• 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.