"approfondir" meaning in French

See approfondir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.diʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-approfondir.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-approfondir.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-approfondir.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-approfondir.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-approfondir.wav
Rhymes: -iʁ Etymology: From a- + profond + -ir. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|a-|profond|-ir}} a- + profond + -ir Head templates: {{fr-verb}} approfondir Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], approfondir [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], approfondissant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], approfondi [participle, past], approfondis [first-person, indicative, present, singular], approfondis [indicative, present, second-person, singular], approfondit [indicative, present, singular, third-person], approfondissons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], approfondissez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], approfondissent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], approfondissais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], approfondissais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], approfondissait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], approfondissions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], approfondissiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], approfondissaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], approfondis [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], approfondis [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], approfondit [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], approfondîmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], approfondîtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], approfondirent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], approfondirai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], approfondiras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], approfondira [future, indicative, singular, third-person], approfondirons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], approfondirez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], approfondiront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], approfondirais [conditional, first-person, singular], approfondirais [conditional, second-person, singular], approfondirait [conditional, singular, third-person], approfondirions [conditional, first-person, plural], approfondiriez [conditional, plural, second-person], approfondiraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], approfondisse [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], approfondisses [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], approfondisse [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], approfondissions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], approfondissiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], approfondissent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], approfondisse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], approfondisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], approfondît [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], approfondissions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], approfondissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], approfondissent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], approfondis [imperative, second-person, singular], approfondissons [first-person, imperative, plural], approfondissez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to deepen
    Sense id: en-approfondir-fr-verb--LAVZTqf Categories (other): French terms prefixed with a-, French verbs with conjugation -ir Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with a-: 46 54 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ir: 49 51
  2. to consider more thoroughly, to delve deeper into
    Sense id: en-approfondir-fr-verb-X2uP0eB7 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with a-, French terms suffixed with -ir, French verbs with conjugation -ir, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thinking Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with a-: 46 54 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ir: 37 63 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ir: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Thinking: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: approfondissement

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "approfondissement"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "a-",
        "3": "profond",
        "4": "-ir"
      },
      "expansion": "a- + profond + -ir",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a- + profond + -ir.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "approfondir",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "approfondissant",
      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di.sɑ̃/",
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        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "approfondi",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "approfondis",
      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "approfondis",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "approfondit",
      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di/",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "approfondissez",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "approfondissent",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di.sje/",
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        "third-person"
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      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.dim/",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.dit/",
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        "second-person"
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      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.diʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di.ʁe/",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "approfondira",
      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/",
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        "plural"
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      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "approfondirais",
      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "approfondirais",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "approfondirait",
      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "approfondiraient",
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      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "approfondisse",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "approfondissiez",
      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di.sje/",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "approfondissent",
      "ipa": "/a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.dis/",
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        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "approfondisse",
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        "imperfect",
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        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "approfondît",
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
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    {
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          "ref": "1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^(fr.Wikisource), translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:",
          "text": "Avec ces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour les comprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles, ce qu’Aristote lui-même n’aurait pu faire, s’il fût ressuscité tout exprès pour cela.",
          "translation": "With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, to consider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose.",
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          "ref": "1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^(fr.Wikisource), translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:",
          "text": "Avec ces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour les comprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles, ce qu’Aristote lui-même n’aurait pu faire, s’il fût ressuscité tout exprès pour cela.",
          "translation": "With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, to consider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to consider more thoroughly, to delve deeper into"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ],
        [
          "delve",
          "delve"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "rhymes": "-iʁ"
    }
  ],
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}

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