appuyer

Signification

1. to press, push
2. to rest
3. to support, to back
4. to lean
5. to depend, to rely
6. to put up with

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/a.pɥi.je/

Étymologie

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