apostropher
French
Etymology
From apostrophe + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/
- Homophones: apostrophai, apostrophé, apostrophée, apostrophées, apostrophés, apostrophez
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Verb
apostropher
- (transitive) to apostrophize
- (transitive) to speak sharply or harshly at
Conjugation
Conjugation of apostropher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | apostropher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | apostrophant /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | apostrophé /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
apostrophes /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
apostrophons /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɔ̃/ |
apostrophez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/ |
apostrophent /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
| imperfect | apostrophais /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛ/ |
apostrophais /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛ/ |
apostrophait /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛ/ |
apostrophions /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fjɔ̃/ |
apostrophiez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fje/ |
apostrophaient /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | apostrophai /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/ |
apostrophas /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa/ |
apostropha /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa/ |
apostrophâmes /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fam/ |
apostrophâtes /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fat/ |
apostrophèrent /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛʁ/ | |
| future | apostropherai /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁe/ |
apostropheras /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁa/ |
apostrophera /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁa/ |
apostropherons /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɔ̃/ |
apostropherez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁe/ |
apostropheront /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | apostropherais /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/ |
apostropherais /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/ |
apostropherait /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/ |
apostropherions /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
apostropheriez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fə.ʁje/ |
apostropheraient /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
apostrophes /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
apostrophions /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fjɔ̃/ |
apostrophiez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fje/ |
apostrophent /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
| imperfect2 | apostrophasse /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fas/ |
apostrophasses /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fas/ |
apostrophât /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa/ |
apostrophassions /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
apostrophassiez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa.sje/ |
apostrophassent /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
— | apostrophons /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɔ̃/ |
apostrophez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “apostropher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.