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Paraître - French Expressions with Paraître

Idiomatic French expressions

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The French verb paraître literally means "to appear/seem" and is used in a number of idiomatic expressions. Learn how to say apparently, to die, to publish, and more with this list of expressions with paraître.

Possible meanings of paraître
  • to appear
  • to look
  • to seem
  • to show up

Expressions with paraître

à ce qu'il paraît
it appears/seems, apparently

à paraître
upcoming

chercher à paraître
to show off

le désir de paraître
the desire to be noticed/show off

faire paraître quelque chose
to publish s.t., to have s.t. published

il n'y paraît plus (medical)
there's no trace left, no one would ever know (about it)

il paraît que non
apparently not

il paraît que oui
so it seems/appears, apparently so

il paraîtrait que
there's a rumor (going around) that

il n'y paraîtra bientôt plus
Soon there will be no trace of it left, no one will ever know you had it

laisser paraître ses sentiments/son irritation
to let one's feelings/one's annoyance show

ne pas paraître de la journée
to not appear all day

paraît-il
it appears/seems, apparently

paraître ___ ans
to look ___ years old

paraître à la réunion
to appear/show up at the meeting

paraître à/sur l'écran
to appear on screen

paraître au balcon
to appear on the balcony

paraître devant Dieu
to die

paraître en public
to make a public appearance

paraître en scène
to appear on stage

paraître être une erreur
to appear to be a mistake

sans qu'il n'y paraisse rien
without anything being obvious/letting anything show

sans qu'il y paraisse
without appearing to

vient de paraître
just out/published


le paraître
appearance(s)


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