paraîtr

Paraîtr is not a standalone entry in standard French dictionaries. It is the stem (radical) used in conjugating the verb paraître, which means to appear or to seem, and in some senses to publish (for example, a book or newspaper appearing). The form paraîtr- is not used by itself in ordinary discourse but combines with personal endings to form certain tenses.

In practice, paraîtr- appears in the future and the conditional forms. For example, the simple future is je paraîtrai, tu paraîtras, il paraîtra, nous paraîtrons, vous paraîtrez, ils paraîtront. The present conditional is je paraîtrais, tu paraîtrais, il paraîtrait, nous paraîtrions, vous paraîtriez, ils paraîtraient. By contrast, other tenses use different stems: the imperfect is built from paraiss- (je paraissais, tu paraissais, il paraissait, nous paraissions, vous paraissiez, ils paraissaient), while the present indicative and present subjunctive use paraîs- (je parais, il paraît) and paraisse/paraissent, respectively.

Etymology traces paraître to Old French, with roots in Latin, reflecting the verb’s sense of appearing or becoming visible. Paraître also covers the sense of publication, as in a work that appears or is published for the public, linking the term to cultural and media contexts.

Usage notes: paraîtr is not used alone; it is encountered only within inflected forms derived from paraître. The related forms paru (past participle) and paraissant (present participle) are commonly used in construction with auxiliary verbs or as adjectives or nouns in French.

Examples: Le livre paraîtra la semaine prochaine. Ils paraîtraient sur scène si le spectacle ne tombait pas à l’eau. These illustrate the future and conditional uses of the stem paraîtr- in real sentences.