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Webster 1913 Edition
Apporter
Ap-por′ter
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
apporter
to bring in, fr. L. apportare
; ad
+ portare
to bear.] A bringer in; an importer.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.
Webster 1828 Edition
Apporter
APPO'RTER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
apporter
apporter
English
Noun
apporter (plural apporters)
- (obsolete) A bringer in; an importer.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir M. Hale to this entry?)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin apportāre, present active infinitive of apportō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pɔʁ.te/
Verb
apporter
- to bring (something)
- to take
- to give (support), to give, supply (explanation etc.)
- to bring (improvement, freedom etc.)
- to bring in (funding)
- to bring about (change, revolution)
Conjugation
Conjugation of apporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | apporter | avoir apporté | |||||
| gerund | en apportant | en ayant apporté | |||||
| present participle | apportant /a.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | apporté /a.pɔʁ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | apporte /a.pɔʁt/ |
apportes /a.pɔʁt/ |
apporte /a.pɔʁt/ |
apportons /a.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
apportez /a.pɔʁ.te/ |
apportent /a.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect | apportais /a.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
apportais /a.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
apportait /a.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
apportions /a.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
apportiez /a.pɔʁ.tje/ |
apportaient /a.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | apportai /a.pɔʁ.te/ |
apportas /a.pɔʁ.ta/ |
apporta /a.pɔʁ.ta/ |
apportâmes /a.pɔʁ.tam/ |
apportâtes /a.pɔʁ.tat/ |
apportèrent /a.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | apporterai /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
apporteras /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
apportera /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
apporterons /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
apporterez /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
apporteront /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | apporterais /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
apporterais /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
apporterait /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
apporterions /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
apporteriez /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/ |
apporteraient /a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | apporte /a.pɔʁt/ |
apportes /a.pɔʁt/ |
apporte /a.pɔʁt/ |
apportions /a.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
apportiez /a.pɔʁ.tje/ |
apportent /a.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect1 |
apportasse /a.pɔʁ.tas/ |
apportasses /a.pɔʁ.tas/ |
apportât /a.pɔʁ.ta/ |
apportassions /a.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
apportassiez /a.pɔʁ.ta.sje/ |
apportassent /a.pɔʁ.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | apporte /a.pɔʁt/ |
— | apportons /a.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
apportez /a.pɔʁ.te/ |
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