agréer

See also: agreer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡʁe.e/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French agreer (“to accept, receive, admit, welcome”), from Old French agreer (“to consent, approve, be grateful”), from a- + gré (“consent, permission, will”). Compare Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish agradar.

Verb

agréer

1. (formal) to accept

   Veuillez agréer l’expression de mes sentiments respectueux.

   Semi-literally 'please accept my expression of respect'

   (equivalent to yours sincerely in English)

Conjugation

Conjugation of agréer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	agréer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	agréant /a.ɡʁe.ɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		agréé /a.ɡʁe.e/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	agrée /a.ɡʁe/	agrées /a.ɡʁe/	agrée /a.ɡʁe/	agréons /a.ɡʁe.ɔ̃/	agréez /a.ɡʁe.e/	agréent /a.ɡʁe/
	imperfect	agréais /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/	agréais /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/	agréait /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/	agréions /a.ɡʁej.jɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.jɔ̃/	agréiez /a.ɡʁej.je/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.je/	agréaient /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/
	past historic2	agréai /a.ɡʁe.e/	agréas /a.ɡʁe.a/	agréa /a.ɡʁe.a/	agréâmes /a.ɡʁe.am/	agréâtes /a.ɡʁe.at/	agréèrent /a.ɡʁe.ɛʁ/
	future	agréerai /a.ɡʁe.ʁe/	agréeras /a.ɡʁe.ʁa/	agréera /a.ɡʁe.ʁa/	agréerons /a.ɡʁe.ʁɔ̃/	agréerez /a.ɡʁe.ʁe/	agréeront /a.ɡʁe.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	agréerais /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/	agréerais /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/	agréerait /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/	agréerions /a.ɡʁe.ʁjɔ̃/	agréeriez /a.ɡʁe.ʁje/	agréeraient /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	agrée /a.ɡʁe/	agrées /a.ɡʁe/	agrée /a.ɡʁe/	agréions /a.ɡʁej.jɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.jɔ̃/	agréiez /a.ɡʁej.je/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.je/	agréent /a.ɡʁe/
	imperfect2	agréasse /a.ɡʁe.as/	agréasses /a.ɡʁe.as/	agréât /a.ɡʁe.a/	agréassions /a.ɡʁe.a.sjɔ̃/	agréassiez /a.ɡʁe.a.sje/	agréassent /a.ɡʁe.as/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	agrée /a.ɡʁe/	—	agréons /a.ɡʁe.ɔ̃/	agréez /a.ɡʁe.e/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• désagréer
• agréable
• agrément
• agrémenter

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French agreer (“to equip”), from Anglo-Norman agreier (“to equip, equip a ship with tackle”), from a- + *greier, from Old Norse greida (“to put in order, prepare, arrange”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to prepare, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to put in order, make comfortable”). Cognate with Old English ġerǣdan (“to arrange, assist”), Middle High German gereiten (“to arrange, prepare”), Middle Dutch gereide (“equipment, harness”). More at English ready.

Verb

agréer

1. (archaic) to prepare; rig; trim

Conjugation

Conjugation of agréer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	agréer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	agréant /a.ɡʁe.ɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		agréé /a.ɡʁe.e/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	agrée /a.ɡʁe/	agrées /a.ɡʁe/	agrée /a.ɡʁe/	agréons /a.ɡʁe.ɔ̃/	agréez /a.ɡʁe.e/	agréent /a.ɡʁe/
	imperfect	agréais /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/	agréais /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/	agréait /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/	agréions /a.ɡʁej.jɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.jɔ̃/	agréiez /a.ɡʁej.je/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.je/	agréaient /a.ɡʁe.ɛ/
	past historic2	agréai /a.ɡʁe.e/	agréas /a.ɡʁe.a/	agréa /a.ɡʁe.a/	agréâmes /a.ɡʁe.am/	agréâtes /a.ɡʁe.at/	agréèrent /a.ɡʁe.ɛʁ/
	future	agréerai /a.ɡʁe.ʁe/	agréeras /a.ɡʁe.ʁa/	agréera /a.ɡʁe.ʁa/	agréerons /a.ɡʁe.ʁɔ̃/	agréerez /a.ɡʁe.ʁe/	agréeront /a.ɡʁe.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	agréerais /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/	agréerais /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/	agréerait /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/	agréerions /a.ɡʁe.ʁjɔ̃/	agréeriez /a.ɡʁe.ʁje/	agréeraient /a.ɡʁe.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	agrée /a.ɡʁe/	agrées /a.ɡʁe/	agrée /a.ɡʁe/	agréions /a.ɡʁej.jɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.jɔ̃/	agréiez /a.ɡʁej.je/ or /a.ɡʁɛj.je/	agréent /a.ɡʁe/
	imperfect2	agréasse /a.ɡʁe.as/	agréasses /a.ɡʁe.as/	agréât /a.ɡʁe.a/	agréassions /a.ɡʁe.a.sjɔ̃/	agréassiez /a.ɡʁe.a.sje/	agréassent /a.ɡʁe.as/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	agrée /a.ɡʁe/	—	agréons /a.ɡʁe.ɔ̃/	agréez /a.ɡʁe.e/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• agrès
• dégréer
• gréer
• gréement
• gréeur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• égarer, gérera