approuvé
French, verb
approuvé is spelled A-P-P-R-O-U-V-É (8 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Approuvé is a French verb meaning “past participle of approuver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, approuve is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does approuvé mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of approuver
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a reçu un accord. 2. Qui est reconnu comme bon 3. Qualifie un prêtre qui a reçu l’accord de son évêque pour l’exercice de son ministère. 4. Qualifie un étalon reconnu apte à l’amélioration de sa race.
noun: 1. Document reconnaissant un engagement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of approuvé
- approuvée feminine
- approuvés masculine plural
- approuvées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is approuvé in French?
approuvé appears 9.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).