appuyer

Inherited from Middle French apuyer, Old French apoiier, borrowed from Medieval Latin *appodiāre, from Latin podium. Compare Spanish apoyar, Portuguese apoiar, Italian appoggiare.

• IPA^(key): /a.pɥi.je/

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appuyer

1. (transitive) to press, push
2. (transitive) to rest
3. (transitive) to support, to back
4. (reflexive) to lean [with sur ‘on’; or with contre ‘against’]
5. (reflexive) to depend, to rely [with sur ‘on’]
6. (reflexive) to put up with

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

• appuyer sur le champignon

• appui

• Saint Dominican Creole French: puyer

• “appuyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.