il apparut

appeared

→ apparaître
appar appear + ut 3rd-person singular past tense
verb · third singular · past indicative Uncommon #20,453
appeared Literary/simple past (passé simple) form; in everyday French you more often use the passé composé (a apparu).
FR: Soudain, un homme apparut dans la rue.
EN: Suddenly, a man appeared in the street.
Conjugation of apparaître
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third apparut

La silhouette d'une jeune fille apparut sur le rideau.

The silhouette of a young girl appeared on the curtain.

Dans le ciel, un rayon de lumière apparut.

In the sky, a ray of light appeared.

Un chat apparut de derrière le rideau.

A cat appeared from behind the curtain.

Et voici, la lumière apparut.

And behold, the light appeared.

De la fumée apparut.

Smoke appeared.

Le navire apparut à l'horizon.

The ship appeared on the horizon.

Il y a quatre milliards d'années apparut la vie marine.

Four billion years ago, marine life appeared.

— The Mermaid (2016)

Il apparut tout à coup devant moi.

He suddenly appeared in front of me.

Une fille apparut devant moi.

A girl appeared in front of me.

Dans le ciel apparut un rayon de lumière.

In the sky appeared a ray of light.

Tom apparut dans mon rêve.

Tom appeared in my dream.

Enfin apparut Manderley.

Finally, Manderley appeared.

— Rebecca (1940)

De l'acné apparut sur le nez de Tom.

Acne appeared on Tom's nose.

Mais la police apparut.

But then the police appeared.

— L'Accusé (2017)

Un chat apparut d'en dessous du bureau.

A cat appeared from under the desk.

Le lac Biwa apparut.

Lake Biwa appeared.

Ainsi l'Élu apparut aux côtés du Mal.

Thus, the Chosen One appeared alongside Evil.

— Night Watch (2004)

Le soleil apparut à l'horizon.

The sun appeared on the horizon.