épurer

French

Etymology

From pur (“pure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.py.ʁe/

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Verb

épurer

1. (transitive) to purify
2. (transitive) to expurgate
3. (reflexive) to get pure, become pure
4. to refine

Conjugation

Conjugation of épurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	épurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	épurant /e.py.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		épuré /e.py.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	épure /e.pyʁ/	épures /e.pyʁ/	épure /e.pyʁ/	épurons /e.py.ʁɔ̃/	épurez /e.py.ʁe/	épurent /e.pyʁ/
	imperfect	épurais /e.py.ʁɛ/	épurais /e.py.ʁɛ/	épurait /e.py.ʁɛ/	épurions /e.py.ʁjɔ̃/	épuriez /e.py.ʁje/	épuraient /e.py.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	épurai /e.py.ʁe/	épuras /e.py.ʁa/	épura /e.py.ʁa/	épurâmes /e.py.ʁam/	épurâtes /e.py.ʁat/	épurèrent /e.py.ʁɛʁ/
	future	épurerai /e.py.ʁə.ʁe/	épureras /e.py.ʁə.ʁa/	épurera /e.py.ʁə.ʁa/	épurerons /e.py.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	épurerez /e.py.ʁə.ʁe/	épureront /e.py.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	épurerais /e.py.ʁə.ʁɛ/	épurerais /e.py.ʁə.ʁɛ/	épurerait /e.py.ʁə.ʁɛ/	épurerions /e.py.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	épureriez /e.py.ʁə.ʁje/	épureraient /e.py.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	épure /e.pyʁ/	épures /e.pyʁ/	épure /e.pyʁ/	épurions /e.py.ʁjɔ̃/	épuriez /e.py.ʁje/	épurent /e.pyʁ/
	imperfect2	épurasse /e.py.ʁas/	épurasses /e.py.ʁas/	épurât /e.py.ʁa/	épurassions /e.py.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	épurassiez /e.py.ʁa.sje/	épurassent /e.py.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	épure /e.pyʁ/	—	épurons /e.py.ʁɔ̃/	épurez /e.py.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “épurer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.