apurer

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ pur +‎ -er, from Latin pūrus. Compare Spanish apurar (“to rush, to hurry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.py.ʁe/

Verb

apurer

1. (transitive, finance) to balance (an account)

Conjugation

Conjugation of apurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	apurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	apurant /a.py.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		apuré /a.py.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	apure /a.pyʁ/	apures /a.pyʁ/	apure /a.pyʁ/	apurons /a.py.ʁɔ̃/	apurez /a.py.ʁe/	apurent /a.pyʁ/
	imperfect	apurais /a.py.ʁɛ/	apurais /a.py.ʁɛ/	apurait /a.py.ʁɛ/	apurions /a.py.ʁjɔ̃/	apuriez /a.py.ʁje/	apuraient /a.py.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	apurai /a.py.ʁe/	apuras /a.py.ʁa/	apura /a.py.ʁa/	apurâmes /a.py.ʁam/	apurâtes /a.py.ʁat/	apurèrent /a.py.ʁɛʁ/
	future	apurerai /a.py.ʁə.ʁe/	apureras /a.py.ʁə.ʁa/	apurera /a.py.ʁə.ʁa/	apurerons /a.py.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	apurerez /a.py.ʁə.ʁe/	apureront /a.py.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	apurerais /a.py.ʁə.ʁɛ/	apurerais /a.py.ʁə.ʁɛ/	apurerait /a.py.ʁə.ʁɛ/	apurerions /a.py.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	apureriez /a.py.ʁə.ʁje/	apureraient /a.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	apure /a.pyʁ/	apures /a.pyʁ/	apure /a.pyʁ/	apurions /a.py.ʁjɔ̃/	apuriez /a.py.ʁje/	apurent /a.pyʁ/
	imperfect2	apurasse /a.py.ʁas/	apurasses /a.py.ʁas/	apurât /a.py.ʁa/	apurassions /a.py.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	apurassiez /a.py.ʁa.sje/	apurassent /a.py.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	apure /a.pyʁ/	—	apurons /a.py.ʁɔ̃/	apurez /a.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

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