expurger

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expurgāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛk.spyʁ.ʒe/
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Verb

expurger

  1. to expurgate

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written expurge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of expurger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple expurger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple expurgeant
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle expurgé
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present expurge
/ɛk.spyʁʒ/ 		expurges
/ɛk.spyʁʒ/ 		expurge
/ɛk.spyʁʒ/ 		expurgeons
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒɔ̃/ 		expurgez
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒe/ 		expurgent
/ɛk.spyʁʒ/
imperfect expurgeais
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒɛ/ 		expurgeais
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒɛ/ 		expurgeait
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒɛ/ 		expurgions
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		expurgiez
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒje/ 		expurgeaient
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒɛ/
past historic2 expurgeai
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒe/ 		expurgeas
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒa/ 		expurgea
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒa/ 		expurgeâmes
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒam/ 		expurgeâtes
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒat/ 		expurgèrent
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒɛʁ/
future expurgerai
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ 		expurgeras
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ 		expurgera
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ 		expurgerons
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ 		expurgerez
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ 		expurgeront
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional expurgerais
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		expurgerais
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		expurgerait
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		expurgerions
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		expurgeriez
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ 		expurgeraient
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒə.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 expurge
/ɛk.spyʁʒ/ 		expurges
/ɛk.spyʁʒ/ 		expurge
/ɛk.spyʁʒ/ 		expurgions
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		expurgiez
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒje/ 		expurgent
/ɛk.spyʁʒ/
imperfect2 expurgeasse
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒas/ 		expurgeasses
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒas/ 		expurgeât
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒa/ 		expurgeassions
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		expurgeassiez
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒa.sje/ 		expurgeassent
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — expurge
/ɛk.spyʁʒ/ 		— expurgeons
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒɔ̃/ 		expurgez
/ɛk.spyʁ.ʒe/ 		—
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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

expūrger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of expūrgō
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