approuver

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin approbāre, approbō, adapted to French prouver. By surface analysis, a- ‎ prouver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pʁu.ve/

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Verb

approuver

1. to approve of

   Antonym: désapprouver

Conjugation

Conjugation of approuver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	approuver
	compound	avoir past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	approuvant /a.pʁu.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		approuvé /a.pʁu.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	approuve /a.pʁuv/	approuves /a.pʁuv/	approuve /a.pʁuv/	approuvons /a.pʁu.vɔ̃/	approuvez /a.pʁu.ve/	approuvent /a.pʁuv/
	imperfect	approuvais /a.pʁu.vɛ/	approuvais /a.pʁu.vɛ/	approuvait /a.pʁu.vɛ/	approuvions /a.pʁu.vjɔ̃/	approuviez /a.pʁu.vje/	approuvaient /a.pʁu.vɛ/
	past historic2	approuvai /a.pʁu.ve/	approuvas /a.pʁu.va/	approuva /a.pʁu.va/	approuvâmes /a.pʁu.vam/	approuvâtes /a.pʁu.vat/	approuvèrent /a.pʁu.vɛʁ/
	future	approuverai /a.pʁu.vʁe/	approuveras /a.pʁu.vʁa/	approuvera /a.pʁu.vʁa/	approuverons /a.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/	approuverez /a.pʁu.vʁe/	approuveront /a.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	approuverais /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/	approuverais /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/	approuverait /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/	approuverions /a.pʁu.və.ʁjɔ̃/	approuveriez /a.pʁu.və.ʁje/	approuveraient /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/
(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	approuve /a.pʁuv/	approuves /a.pʁuv/	approuve /a.pʁuv/	approuvions /a.pʁu.vjɔ̃/	approuviez /a.pʁu.vje/	approuvent /a.pʁuv/
	imperfect2	approuvasse /a.pʁu.vas/	approuvasses /a.pʁu.vas/	approuvât /a.pʁu.va/	approuvassions /a.pʁu.va.sjɔ̃/	approuvassiez /a.pʁu.va.sje/	approuvassent /a.pʁu.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	approuve /a.pʁuv/	—	approuvons /a.pʁu.vɔ̃/	approuvez /a.pʁu.ve/	—
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

• désapprouver

Related terms

• approbation

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French aprover (“to approve”), borrowed from Latin approbō, approbāre (“regard as good, approve, favour, commend, endorse”), from ad probō, probāre (“esteem as good, approve, prove”).

Verb

approuver

1. (Jersey) to approve (of)