apeurer

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ peur +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pœ.ʁe/

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Verb

apeurer

1. to be frightened, to be in fear

Conjugation

Conjugation of apeurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	apeurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	apeurant /a.pœ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		apeuré /a.pœ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	apeure /a.pœʁ/	apeures /a.pœʁ/	apeure /a.pœʁ/	apeurons /a.pœ.ʁɔ̃/	apeurez /a.pœ.ʁe/	apeurent /a.pœʁ/
	imperfect	apeurais /a.pœ.ʁɛ/	apeurais /a.pœ.ʁɛ/	apeurait /a.pœ.ʁɛ/	apeurions /a.pœ.ʁjɔ̃/	apeuriez /a.pœ.ʁje/	apeuraient /a.pœ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	apeurai /a.pœ.ʁe/	apeuras /a.pœ.ʁa/	apeura /a.pœ.ʁa/	apeurâmes /a.pœ.ʁam/	apeurâtes /a.pœ.ʁat/	apeurèrent /a.pœ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	apeurerai /a.pœ.ʁə.ʁe/	apeureras /a.pœ.ʁə.ʁa/	apeurera /a.pœ.ʁə.ʁa/	apeurerons /a.pœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	apeurerez /a.pœ.ʁə.ʁe/	apeureront /a.pœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	apeurerais /a.pœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	apeurerais /a.pœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	apeurerait /a.pœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	apeurerions /a.pœ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	apeureriez /a.pœ.ʁə.ʁje/	apeureraient /a.pœ.ʁə.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	apeure /a.pœʁ/	apeures /a.pœʁ/	apeure /a.pœʁ/	apeurions /a.pœ.ʁjɔ̃/	apeuriez /a.pœ.ʁje/	apeurent /a.pœʁ/
	imperfect2	apeurasse /a.pœ.ʁas/	apeurasses /a.pœ.ʁas/	apeurât /a.pœ.ʁa/	apeurassions /a.pœ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	apeurassiez /a.pœ.ʁa.sje/	apeurassent /a.pœ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	apeure /a.pœʁ/	—	apeurons /a.pœ.ʁɔ̃/	apeurez /a.pœ.ʁe/	—
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).

Related terms

• apeurable
• apeuré

Further reading

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