occuper

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occupāre, present active infinitive of occupō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ.ky.pe/
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Verb

occuper

  1. to occupy, to take up
  2. to employ
  3. (reflexive, s'occuper) To be busy, to keep oneself busy.
  4. (reflexive, s'occuper de quelqu'un, with de) To take care of, to tend to, to deal with someone.
    Moi, je m'occupe des clients.
    Me, I'll take care of the clients.

Conjugation
Conjugation of occuper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle occupant
/ɔ.ky.pɑ̃/
past participle occupé
/ɔ.ky.pe/
infinitive
simple occuper
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple occupant
/ɔ.ky.pɑ̃/
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 occupe
/ɔ.kyp/		 occupes
/ɔ.kyp/		 occupe
/ɔ.kyp/		 occupons
/ɔ.ky.pɔ̃/		 occupez
/ɔ.ky.pe/		 occupent
/ɔ.kyp/
imperfect occupais
/ɔ.ky.pɛ/		 occupais
/ɔ.ky.pɛ/		 occupait
/ɔ.ky.pɛ/		 occupions
/ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/		 occupiez
/ɔ.ky.pje/		 occupaient
/ɔ.ky.pɛ/
past historic2 occupai
/ɔ.ky.pe/		 occupas
/ɔ.ky.pa/		 occupa
/ɔ.ky.pa/		 occupâmes
/ɔ.ky.pam/		 occupâtes
/ɔ.ky.pat/		 occupèrent
/ɔ.ky.pɛʁ/
future occuperai
/ɔ.ky.pʁe/		 occuperas
/ɔ.ky.pʁa/		 occupera
/ɔ.ky.pʁa/		 occuperons
/ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/		 occuperez
/ɔ.ky.pʁe/		 occuperont
/ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/
conditional occuperais
/ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/		 occuperais
/ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/		 occuperait
/ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/		 occuperions
/ɔ.ky.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 occuperiez
/ɔ.ky.pə.ʁje/		 occuperaient
/ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/
(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 occupe
/ɔ.kyp/		 occupes
/ɔ.kyp/		 occupe
/ɔ.kyp/		 occupions
/ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/		 occupiez
/ɔ.ky.pje/		 occupent
/ɔ.kyp/
imperfect2 occupasse
/ɔ.ky.pas/		 occupasses
/ɔ.ky.pas/		 occupât
/ɔ.ky.pa/		 occupassions
/ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃/		 occupassiez
/ɔ.ky.pa.sje/		 occupassent
/ɔ.ky.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — occupe
/ɔ.kyp/		 — occupons
/ɔ.ky.pɔ̃/		 occupez
/ɔ.ky.pe/		 —
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).
Conjugation of s'occuper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle s'occupant
/sə ɔ.ky.pɑ̃/
past participle occupé
/ɔ.ky.pe/
infinitive
simple s'occuper
compound s'être + past participle
gerund1
simple s'occupant
/sə ɔ.ky.pɑ̃/
compound s'étant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present m'occupe
/mə ɔ.kyp/		 t'occupes
/tə ɔ.kyp/		 s'occupe
/sə ɔ.kyp/		 nous occupons
/nu ɔ.ky.pɔ̃/		 vous occupez
/vu ɔ.ky.pe/		 s'occupent
/sə ɔ.kyp/
imperfect m'occupais
/mə ɔ.ky.pɛ/		 t'occupais
/tə ɔ.ky.pɛ/		 s'occupait
/sə ɔ.ky.pɛ/		 nous occupions
/nu ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/		 vous occupiez
/vu ɔ.ky.pje/		 s'occupaient
/sə ɔ.ky.pɛ/
past historic2 m'occupai
/mə ɔ.ky.pe/		 t'occupas
/tə ɔ.ky.pa/		 s'occupa
/sə ɔ.ky.pa/		 nous occupâmes
/nu ɔ.ky.pam/		 vous occupâtes
/vu ɔ.ky.pat/		 s'occupèrent
/sə ɔ.ky.pɛʁ/
future m'occuperai
/mə ɔ.ky.pʁe/		 t'occuperas
/tə ɔ.ky.pʁa/		 s'occupera
/sə ɔ.ky.pʁa/		 nous occuperons
/nu ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/		 vous occuperez
/vu ɔ.ky.pʁe/		 s'occuperont
/sə ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/
conditional m'occuperais
/mə ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/		 t'occuperais
/tə ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/		 s'occuperait
/sə ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/		 nous occuperions
/nu ɔ.ky.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 vous occuperiez
/vu ɔ.ky.pə.ʁje/		 s'occuperaient
/sə ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present m'occupe
/mə ɔ.kyp/		 t'occupes
/tə ɔ.kyp/		 s'occupe
/sə ɔ.kyp/		 nous occupions
/nu ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/		 vous occupiez
/vu ɔ.ky.pje/		 s'occupent
/sə ɔ.kyp/
imperfect2 m'occupasse
/mə ɔ.ky.pas/		 t'occupasses
/tə ɔ.ky.pas/		 s'occupât
/sə ɔ.ky.pa/		 nous occupassions
/nu ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃/		 vous occupassiez
/vu ɔ.ky.pa.sje/		 s'occupassent
/sə ɔ.ky.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — occupe-toi
/ɔ.kyp.twa/		 — occupons-nous
/ɔ.ky.pɔ̃.nu/		 occupez-vous
/ɔ.ky.pe.vu/		 —
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

occuper

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of occupō

Middle French

Verb

occuper

  1. to occupy (to retain or to remain in a place)

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of occuper
simple compound
infinitive occuper avoir occupé
gerund en occupant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle occupant
past participle occupé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present occupe occupes occupe occupons occupez occupent
imperfect occupois, occupoys occupois, occupoys occupoit, occupoyt occupions, occupyons occupiez, occupyez occupoient, occupoyent
past historic occupa occupas occupa occupasmes occupastes occuperent
future occuperai, occuperay occuperas occupera occuperons occuperez occuperont
conditional occuperois, occuperoys occuperois, occuperoys occuperoit, occuperoyt occuperions, occuperyons occuperiez, occuperyez occuperoient, occuperoyent
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 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 ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present occupe occupes occupe occupons occupez occupent
imperfect occupasse occupasses occupast occupassions occupassiez occupassent
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 – nous vous –
— occupe — occupons occupez —
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