apercevoir
French → English
(Vision) To glimpse: to catch sight of something briefly or in the distance
J'aperçois dans la nuit très noire les nombreuses lumières d'un vapeur qui s'éloigne.
(English) I glimpse in the very dark night the many lights of a departing steamship.
A chaque fenêtre on aperçoit des géraniums cultivés dans des pots avec soin.
(English) At every window, one can glimpse geraniums carefully grown in pots.
(Cognition) To realize: to become aware of a fact or situation previously unnoticed
Ils s'aperçurent que leurs navires faisaient eau au moment de revenir.
(English) They realized that their ships were leaking just as they were about to return.
Elle s’aperçoit brutalement que sa mère a menti sur son passé.
(English) She suddenly realizes that her mother lied about her past.
Entry ID: fr:en:apercevoir · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary