apercevoir

French

Etymology

From Old French apercevoir (“to become aware of”), from percevoir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

apercevoir

  1. to see, to glimpse, to catch sight of
  2. (reflexive form : s'apercevoir) to realize, to become aware of
    • Elle s'aperçoit que l'aube se lève.

Conjugation
Conjugation of apercevoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle apercevant
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vɑ̃/
past participle aperçu
/a.pɛʁ.sy/
infinitive
simple apercevoir
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple apercevant
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present aperçois
/a.pɛʁ.swa/		 aperçois
/a.pɛʁ.swa/		 aperçoit
/a.pɛʁ.swa/		 apercevons
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vɔ̃/		 apercevez
/a.pɛʁ.sə.ve/		 aperçoivent
/a.pɛʁ.swav/
imperfect apercevais
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/		 apercevais
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/		 apercevait
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/		 apercevions
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vjɔ̃/		 aperceviez
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vje/		 apercevaient
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/
past historic2 aperçus
/a.pɛʁ.sy/		 aperçus
/a.pɛʁ.sy/		 aperçut
/a.pɛʁ.sy/		 aperçûmes
/a.pɛʁ.sym/		 aperçûtes
/a.pɛʁ.syt/		 aperçurent
/a.pɛʁ.syʁ/
future apercevrai
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁe/		 apercevras
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁa/		 apercevra
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁa/		 apercevrons
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɔ̃/		 apercevrez
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁe/		 apercevront
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɔ̃/
conditional apercevrais
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/		 apercevrais
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/		 apercevrait
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/		 apercevrions
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/		 apercevriez
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁi.je/		 apercevraient
/a.pɛʁ.sə.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 aperçoive
/a.pɛʁ.swav/		 aperçoives
/a.pɛʁ.swav/		 aperçoive
/a.pɛʁ.swav/		 apercevions
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vjɔ̃/		 aperceviez
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vje/		 aperçoivent
/a.pɛʁ.swav/
imperfect2 aperçusse
/a.pɛʁ.sys/		 aperçusses
/a.pɛʁ.sys/		 aperçût
/a.pɛʁ.sy/		 aperçussions
/a.pɛʁ.sy.sjɔ̃/		 aperçussiez
/a.pɛʁ.sy.sje/		 aperçussent
/a.pɛʁ.sys/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — aperçois
/a.pɛʁ.swa/		 — apercevons
/a.pɛʁ.sə.vɔ̃/		 apercevez
/a.pɛʁ.sə.ve/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms
  • aperceivre
  • aperçoivre

Etymology

From percevoir.

Verb

apercevoir

  1. to notice; to realise; to become aware of

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem aperçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem apercev, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of apercevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive apercevoir avoir aperceü
gerund en apercevant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle apercevant
past participle aperceü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present aperçoif, aperçoi aperçois aperçoit apercevons apercevez aperçoivent
imperfect apercevoie, aperceveie apercevoies, aperceveies apercevoit, aperceveit aperceviiens, aperceviens aperceviiez, aperceviez apercevoient, aperceveient
preterite aperçui aperceüs aperçut aperceümes aperceüstes aperçurent
future apercevrai apercevras apercevra apercevrons apercevroiz, apercevreiz, apercevrez apercevront
conditional apercevroie, apercevreie apercevroies, apercevreies apercevroit, apercevreit apercevriiens, apercevriens apercevriiez, apercevriez apercevroient, apercevreient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present aperçoive aperçoives aperçoive apercevons apercevez aperçoivent
imperfect aperceüsse aperceüsses aperceüst aperceüssons, aperceüssiens aperceüssoiz, aperceüssez, aperceüssiez aperceüssent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— aperçoif — apercevons apercevez —

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