expirer

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English

Etymology

expire +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

expirer (plural expirers)

  1. One who or that which expires.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exspīrāre (“to expire”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛk.spi.ʁe/
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Verb

expirer

  1. (transitive) to breathe out
  2. (intransitive) to expire, run out
  3. (intransitive) to pass away (die)

Conjugation

Conjugation of expirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple expirer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple expirant
/ɛk.spi.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle expiré
/ɛk.spi.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present expire
/ɛk.spiʁ/ 		expires
/ɛk.spiʁ/ 		expire
/ɛk.spiʁ/ 		expirons
/ɛk.spi.ʁɔ̃/ 		expirez
/ɛk.spi.ʁe/ 		expirent
/ɛk.spiʁ/
imperfect expirais
/ɛk.spi.ʁɛ/ 		expirais
/ɛk.spi.ʁɛ/ 		expirait
/ɛk.spi.ʁɛ/ 		expirions
/ɛk.spi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		expiriez
/ɛk.spi.ʁje/ 		expiraient
/ɛk.spi.ʁɛ/
past historic2 expirai
/ɛk.spi.ʁe/ 		expiras
/ɛk.spi.ʁa/ 		expira
/ɛk.spi.ʁa/ 		expirâmes
/ɛk.spi.ʁam/ 		expirâtes
/ɛk.spi.ʁat/ 		expirèrent
/ɛk.spi.ʁɛʁ/
future expirerai
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁe/ 		expireras
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁa/ 		expirera
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁa/ 		expirerons
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		expirerez
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁe/ 		expireront
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional expirerais
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		expirerais
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		expirerait
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		expirerions
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		expireriez
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁje/ 		expireraient
/ɛk.spi.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 expire
/ɛk.spiʁ/ 		expires
/ɛk.spiʁ/ 		expire
/ɛk.spiʁ/ 		expirions
/ɛk.spi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		expiriez
/ɛk.spi.ʁje/ 		expirent
/ɛk.spiʁ/
imperfect2 expirasse
/ɛk.spi.ʁas/ 		expirasses
/ɛk.spi.ʁas/ 		expirât
/ɛk.spi.ʁa/ 		expirassions
/ɛk.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		expirassiez
/ɛk.spi.ʁa.sje/ 		expirassent
/ɛk.spi.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — expire
/ɛk.spiʁ/ 		— expirons
/ɛk.spi.ʁɔ̃/ 		expirez
/ɛk.spi.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading

Latin

Verb

expīrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of expīrō
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