rapprocher
French, verb/ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe/
rapprocher is spelled R-A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-R (10 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,648th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rapprocher is a French verb meaning “to reapproach, to approach again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Approcher de nouveau”.
What does rapprocher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reapproach, to approach again
- 2
to come closer to (physically, as in distance)
- 3
to bring (something or someone) closer to (physically, as in distance)
- 4
to bring closer (to unite)
- 5
to get closer (to)
Je ne veux pas me rapprocher pour mieux entendre battre ton cœur
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Approcher de nouveau. 2. Approcher de plus près. 3. Accoler. 4. Rendre plus proche.
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 rapprocher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- rapprochant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- rapproché participle past
- rapproche first-person indicative present
- rapproches indicative present second-person
- rapprochons first-person indicative plural
- rapprochez indicative plural present
- rapprochent indicative plural present
- rapprochais first-person imperfect indicative
- rapprochait imperfect indicative singular
- rapprochions first-person imperfect indicative
- rapprochiez imperfect indicative plural
- rapprochaient imperfect indicative plural
- rapprochai first-person historic indicative
- rapprochas historic indicative past
- rapprocha historic indicative past
- rapprochâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rapprocher?
- /ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe/
- \ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe\
- [ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rapprocher in French?
rapprocher appears 13 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).