appui

English

Alternative forms

• appuy

Etymology

From French appui, from Latin ad + podium (“foothold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpwiː/

Noun

appui (plural appuis or appuies)

1. (obsolete) A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XVII.] CHAP. XXIII. Of Trees ranged in rewes for to support Vines.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 538:

     If a Vine bee to climbe trees that are of any great height, there would be staies and appuies set to it, wherupon it may take hold

2. (horse-riding, obsolete) The mutual bearing or support of the hand of the rider and the mouth of the horse through the bit and bridle.
3. Clipping of point d'appui.

Related terms

• point d'appui

Verb

appui (third-person singular simple present appuis, present participle appuiing, simple past and past participle appuied)

1. (transitive, military) To prop or support, e.g. by posting troops.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pɥi/

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Noun

appui m (plural appuis)

1. support

Derived terms

• à l’appui
• appui de fenêtre

Related terms

• appuyer

Further reading

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