appointer

apwɛ̃te

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Definition of appointer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

nomination

Rare

nommer quelqu'un à un poste officiel

Rare

Le gouverneur a appointé un nouveau ministre.

désigner

installer

nommer

salaire

Dated

payer un salaire fixe régulier à quelqu'un

Dated

L'entreprise appointe ses employés chaque mois.

payer

rémunérer

salarier

pointe

Dated

tailler un objet pour lui donner une forme pointue

Dated

L'artisan appointe soigneusement le bout du bâton.

affûter

aiguiser

assemblage

Dated

assembler deux pièces en joignant leurs extrémités pointues

Dated

Le cordonnier appointe les morceaux de cuir avec du fil.

emboîter

joindre

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Origin of appointer

français, appointer (fixer, désigner)

Examples of appointer in a sentence

Elle a été appointée directrice par le comité.
Le directeur a apponté le nouveau comptable dès son embauche.
Ils appointeront les saisonniers pendant la récolte.
Il faut appointer le crayon avant de dessiner.
L'ouvrier appointe les piquets pour la clôture.
L’ouvrier doit appointer les planches avant de les fixer.

Pour réparer la chaise, il faut appointer les baguettes de bois.

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English:appoint, pay a salary, ...
German:ernennen, ein festes Gehalt zahlen, ...
Italian:nominare, stipendiare, ...
Spanish:nombrar, pagar un salario fijo, ...
Portuguese:nomear, remunerar, ...
Chinese:任命, 发放工资, ...
Japanese:任命する, 給料を支払う, ...
Arabic:عيّن, خصّص راتبًا, ...
Hebrew:לְמַנוֹת, לְשַׁלֵּם, ...
Russian:назначить, платить оклад, ...
Ukrainian:призначати, виплачувати зарплату, ...
Catalan:nomenar, contractar, ...
Danish:udnævne, aflønne, ...
Dutch:benoemen, een vast salaris uitbetalen, ...
Greek:διορίζω, αμείβω, ...
Hungarian:kinevezni, fizetést adni, ...
Khmer:តែងតាំង, បើកប្រាក់ខែ, ...
Korean:임명하다, 급여를 지급하다, ...
Polish:mianować, wypłacać pensję, ...
Portuguese (BR):nomear, pagar salário, ...
Romanian:a numi, a salariza, ...
Swedish:utnämna, avlöna, ...
Thai:แต่งตั้ง, จ่ายเงินเดือนประจำ, ...
Turkish:atamak, maaş ödemek, ...
Vietnamese:bổ nhiệm, trả lương cố định, ...

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