azurer

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

azurer

1. to blue (brighten laundry)

Conjugation

Conjugation of azurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	azurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	azurant /a.zy.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		azuré /a.zy.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	azure /a.zyʁ/	azures /a.zyʁ/	azure /a.zyʁ/	azurons /a.zy.ʁɔ̃/	azurez /a.zy.ʁe/	azurent /a.zyʁ/
	imperfect	azurais /a.zy.ʁɛ/	azurais /a.zy.ʁɛ/	azurait /a.zy.ʁɛ/	azurions /a.zy.ʁjɔ̃/	azuriez /a.zy.ʁje/	azuraient /a.zy.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	azurai /a.zy.ʁe/	azuras /a.zy.ʁa/	azura /a.zy.ʁa/	azurâmes /a.zy.ʁam/	azurâtes /a.zy.ʁat/	azurèrent /a.zy.ʁɛʁ/
	future	azurerai /a.zy.ʁə.ʁe/	azureras /a.zy.ʁə.ʁa/	azurera /a.zy.ʁə.ʁa/	azurerons /a.zy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	azurerez /a.zy.ʁə.ʁe/	azureront /a.zy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	azurerais /a.zy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	azurerais /a.zy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	azurerait /a.zy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	azurerions /a.zy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	azureriez /a.zy.ʁə.ʁje/	azureraient /a.zy.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	azure /a.zyʁ/	azures /a.zyʁ/	azure /a.zyʁ/	azurions /a.zy.ʁjɔ̃/	azuriez /a.zy.ʁje/	azurent /a.zyʁ/
	imperfect2	azurasse /a.zy.ʁas/	azurasses /a.zy.ʁas/	azurât /a.zy.ʁa/	azurassions /a.zy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	azurassiez /a.zy.ʁa.sje/	azurassent /a.zy.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	azure /a.zyʁ/	—	azurons /a.zy.ʁɔ̃/	azurez /a.zy.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).

Derived terms

• azurage

Further reading

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