appointer

English

Etymology

appoint +‎ -er.

Noun

appointer (plural appointers)

  1. A person who appoints (in any sense).

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French apointier, equivalent to a- +‎ point +‎ -er. Possibly corresponds to a Late Latin appunctāre, from Latin ad + punctum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.pwɛ̃.te/

Verb

appointer

  1. to salary (attribute a salary to a position)
  2. to appoint (attribute a job, a position to someone)
  3. to sharpen into a point
    appointer un crayon
    to sharpen a pencil
  4. (reflexive, s'appointer) to unite; to become united

Conjugation
Conjugation of appointer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle appointant
/a.pwɛ̃.tɑ̃/
past participle appointé
/a.pwɛ̃.te/
infinitive
simple appointer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple appointant
/a.pwɛ̃.tɑ̃/
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 appointe
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 appointes
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 appointe
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 appointons
/a.pwɛ̃.tɔ̃/		 appointez
/a.pwɛ̃.te/		 appointent
/a.pwɛ̃t/
imperfect appointais
/a.pwɛ̃.tɛ/		 appointais
/a.pwɛ̃.tɛ/		 appointait
/a.pwɛ̃.tɛ/		 appointions
/a.pwɛ̃.tjɔ̃/		 appointiez
/a.pwɛ̃.tje/		 appointaient
/a.pwɛ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 appointai
/a.pwɛ̃.te/		 appointas
/a.pwɛ̃.ta/		 appointa
/a.pwɛ̃.ta/		 appointâmes
/a.pwɛ̃.tam/		 appointâtes
/a.pwɛ̃.tat/		 appointèrent
/a.pwɛ̃.tɛʁ/
future appointerai
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁe/		 appointeras
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁa/		 appointera
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁa/		 appointerons
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 appointerez
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁe/		 appointeront
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional appointerais
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 appointerais
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 appointerait
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 appointerions
/a.pwɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 appointeriez
/a.pwɛ̃.tə.ʁje/		 appointeraient
/a.pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 appointe
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 appointes
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 appointe
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 appointions
/a.pwɛ̃.tjɔ̃/		 appointiez
/a.pwɛ̃.tje/		 appointent
/a.pwɛ̃t/
imperfect2 appointasse
/a.pwɛ̃.tas/		 appointasses
/a.pwɛ̃.tas/		 appointât
/a.pwɛ̃.ta/		 appointassions
/a.pwɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 appointassiez
/a.pwɛ̃.ta.sje/		 appointassent
/a.pwɛ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — appointe
/a.pwɛ̃t/		 — appointons
/a.pwɛ̃.tɔ̃/		 appointez
/a.pwɛ̃.te/		 —
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).

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