Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 wahrnehmen
, 🇪🇸 percibir
, 🇮🇹 percepire
, 🇵🇹 perceber
, 🇨🇳 觉察到
, 🇯🇵 気づく
, 🇰🇷 진짜로 깨닫다
, 🇸🇦 يرى
, 🇮🇳 देखना
Usage Examples
- J'ai aperçu un oiseau dans le jardin.
- Elle a aperçu son ami dans la foule.
- Il n'a pas aperçu le panneau d'arrêt avant d'arriver.
Etymology
**apercevoir** comes from Old French *apercvoir*, itself a form of the Latin verb **percipere** “to take in, to perceive”. An initial Latin *ad* (meaning “to, toward”) fused with *percipere*, giving *apercipere* “to perceive”, which then entered French as *apercvoir* in the 13th century. The modern spelling dropped the medial *c* and the silent final *-er*, keeping the sense of “to catch sight of, to discern”.
Synonyms
voir
repérer
observer
remarquer
détecter
percevoir
déceler
Antonyms
ignorer
méconnaître
déconnaître
omettre