approuver
French, verb/a.pʁu.ve/
approuver is spelled A-P-P-R-O-U-V-E-R (9 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Approuver is a French verb meaning “to approve of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tenir pour acceptable”.
What does approuver mean in English?
verb
- 1
to approve of
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tenir pour acceptable. 2. Juger louable ; trouver digne d’estime. 3. Autoriser par un témoignage authentique.
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 approuver
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- approuvant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- approuvé participle past
- approuve first-person indicative present
- approuves indicative present second-person
- approuvons first-person indicative plural
- approuvez indicative plural present
- approuvent indicative plural present
- approuvais first-person imperfect indicative
- approuvait imperfect indicative singular
- approuvions first-person imperfect indicative
- approuviez imperfect indicative plural
- approuvaient imperfect indicative plural
- approuvai first-person historic indicative
- approuvas historic indicative past
- approuva historic indicative past
- approuvâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce approuver?
- /a.pʁu.ve/
- \a.pʁu.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to approuver
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is approuver in French?
approuver appears 3.9 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).