écurer
French
Etymology
From é- + curer or from a hypothetical Latin ecuro.
Pronunciation
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Verb
écurer
- to clean thoroughly
Conjugation
Conjugation of écurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | écurer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | écurant /e.ky.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | écuré /e.ky.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | écure /e.kyʁ/ |
écures /e.kyʁ/ |
écure /e.kyʁ/ |
écurons /e.ky.ʁɔ̃/ |
écurez /e.ky.ʁe/ |
écurent /e.kyʁ/ |
| imperfect | écurais /e.ky.ʁɛ/ |
écurais /e.ky.ʁɛ/ |
écurait /e.ky.ʁɛ/ |
écurions /e.ky.ʁjɔ̃/ |
écuriez /e.ky.ʁje/ |
écuraient /e.ky.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | écurai /e.ky.ʁe/ |
écuras /e.ky.ʁa/ |
écura /e.ky.ʁa/ |
écurâmes /e.ky.ʁam/ |
écurâtes /e.ky.ʁat/ |
écurèrent /e.ky.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | écurerai /e.ky.ʁə.ʁe/ |
écureras /e.ky.ʁə.ʁa/ |
écurera /e.ky.ʁə.ʁa/ |
écurerons /e.ky.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
écurerez /e.ky.ʁə.ʁe/ |
écureront /e.ky.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | écurerais /e.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
écurerais /e.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
écurerait /e.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
écurerions /e.ky.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
écureriez /e.ky.ʁə.ʁje/ |
écureraient /e.ky.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 | écure /e.kyʁ/ |
écures /e.kyʁ/ |
écure /e.kyʁ/ |
écurions /e.ky.ʁjɔ̃/ |
écuriez /e.ky.ʁje/ |
écurent /e.kyʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | écurasse /e.ky.ʁas/ |
écurasses /e.ky.ʁas/ |
écurât /e.ky.ʁa/ |
écurassions /e.ky.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
écurassiez /e.ky.ʁa.sje/ |
écurassent /e.ky.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | écure /e.kyʁ/ |
— | écurons /e.ky.ʁɔ̃/ |
écurez /e.ky.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “écurer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.