purger

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word purger. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word purger, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say purger in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word purger you have here. The definition of the word purger will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofpurger, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From purge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

purger (plural purgers)

  1. One who, or that which, purges or cleanses.
    1. A cathartic medicine.
      • 1728, Of Bathing in the Hot-baths, at Bathe:
        The Aix-la-Chapelle Waters are drunk at this Day, more as Purgers, and Preparatives for the Spaw, […]

Synonyms

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin purgāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pyʁ.ʒe/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

purger

  1. (medicine) to purge
  2. (law) to serve (a sentence)
  3. to bleed (to remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written purge- 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 purger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple purger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple purgeant
/pyʁ.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle purgé
/pyʁ.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present purge
/pyʁʒ/ 		purges
/pyʁʒ/ 		purge
/pyʁʒ/ 		purgeons
/pyʁ.ʒɔ̃/ 		purgez
/pyʁ.ʒe/ 		purgent
/pyʁʒ/
imperfect purgeais
/pyʁ.ʒɛ/ 		purgeais
/pyʁ.ʒɛ/ 		purgeait
/pyʁ.ʒɛ/ 		purgions
/pyʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		purgiez
/pyʁ.ʒje/ 		purgeaient
/pyʁ.ʒɛ/
past historic2 purgeai
/pyʁ.ʒe/ 		purgeas
/pyʁ.ʒa/ 		purgea
/pyʁ.ʒa/ 		purgeâmes
/pyʁ.ʒam/ 		purgeâtes
/pyʁ.ʒat/ 		purgèrent
/pyʁ.ʒɛʁ/
future purgerai
/pyʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ 		purgeras
/pyʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ 		purgera
/pyʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ 		purgerons
/pyʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ 		purgerez
/pyʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ 		purgeront
/pyʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional purgerais
/pyʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		purgerais
/pyʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		purgerait
/pyʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		purgerions
/pyʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		purgeriez
/pyʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ 		purgeraient
/pyʁ.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 purge
/pyʁʒ/ 		purges
/pyʁʒ/ 		purge
/pyʁʒ/ 		purgions
/pyʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		purgiez
/pyʁ.ʒje/ 		purgent
/pyʁʒ/
imperfect2 purgeasse
/pyʁ.ʒas/ 		purgeasses
/pyʁ.ʒas/ 		purgeât
/pyʁ.ʒa/ 		purgeassions
/pyʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		purgeassiez
/pyʁ.ʒa.sje/ 		purgeassent
/pyʁ.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — purge
/pyʁʒ/ 		— purgeons
/pyʁ.ʒɔ̃/ 		purgez
/pyʁ.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

pūrger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pūrgō

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bürger.

Pronunciation

Noun

pȕrger m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏ргер)

  1. burgher
  2. a citizen of Zagreb
  3. (derogatory) a member of the Dinamo Zagreb ultras
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia