sappelle

Sappelle is the third-person singular present tense form of the French pronominal verb s'appeler, meaning to be named or to call oneself. It is used to identify a person by name, as in Il s'appelle Pierre, meaning "His name is Pierre." The written form is s'appelle, with an apostrophe indicating the elision of se and the preceding vowel.

S'appeler is a reflexive form of appeler, the non-reflexive verb meaning to call or to name (someone or something). The reflexive construction indicates that the subject is naming itself or being named, depending on the context. The present tense forms of s'appeler are je m'appelle, tu t'appelles, il/elle s'appelle, nous nous appelons, vous vous appelez, ils/elles s'appellent.

Usage notes include common introductory phrases and questions. For self-introduction, one says Je m'appelle followed by a name, for example, Je m'appelle Luc. To ask someone’s name in formal or polite speech, one can say Comment vous appelez-vous? In informal speech, Comment tu t'appelles? is common. The form s'appelle and its related conjugations are regular in spelling for the present tense, though the root is based on appeler, which features a double consonant in several forms to preserve the pronunciation.

In summary, sappelle represents the essential present-tense, third-person singular form of a widely used reflexive verb for expressing names, with closely tied non-reflexive forms and standard usage in personal introductions and name-related sentences.