curer

English

Etymology

cure +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkjʊəɹə/, /ˈkjɔːɹə/
• (General American) enPR: kyo͝orʹər, kyûrʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈkjʊɹɚ/, /ˈkjɝɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə(ɹ), -ɔːɹə(ɹ), -ɜːɹə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: cur‧er

Noun

curer (plural curers)

1. A healer.
2. A person who, or device which preserves food by curing.

Translations

healer — see healer

person who preserves food

• Irish: leasaitheoir m, saillteoir m

Anagrams

• recur

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French curer, borrowed from Latin cūrāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

curer

1. (transitive) to clean by scrubbing, scraping and removing (e.g. a drain, a pipe, a canal, a stable, ...)
2. (reflexive) to clean oneself by scrubbing, scraping and removing (e.g. one's nails, teeth, ...)

   Se curer le nez. ― To pick one's nose.

3. (rare) (transitive) to clear out (to make empty, to remove)

Conjugation

Conjugation of curer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	curer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	curant /ky.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		curé /ky.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cure /kyʁ/	cures /kyʁ/	cure /kyʁ/	curons /ky.ʁɔ̃/	curez /ky.ʁe/	curent /kyʁ/
	imperfect	curais /ky.ʁɛ/	curais /ky.ʁɛ/	curait /ky.ʁɛ/	curions /ky.ʁjɔ̃/	curiez /ky.ʁje/	curaient /ky.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	curai /ky.ʁe/	curas /ky.ʁa/	cura /ky.ʁa/	curâmes /ky.ʁam/	curâtes /ky.ʁat/	curèrent /ky.ʁɛʁ/
	future	curerai /ky.ʁə.ʁe/	cureras /ky.ʁə.ʁa/	curera /ky.ʁə.ʁa/	curerons /ky.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	curerez /ky.ʁə.ʁe/	cureront /ky.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	curerais /ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/	curerais /ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/	curerait /ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/	curerions /ky.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	cureriez /ky.ʁə.ʁje/	cureraient /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	cure /kyʁ/	cures /kyʁ/	cure /kyʁ/	curions /ky.ʁjɔ̃/	curiez /ky.ʁje/	curent /kyʁ/
	imperfect2	curasse /ky.ʁas/	curasses /ky.ʁas/	curât /ky.ʁa/	curassions /ky.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	curassiez /ky.ʁa.sje/	curassent /ky.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cure /kyʁ/	—	curons /ky.ʁɔ̃/	curez /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: 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

• cure-dent

Related terms

• cure

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

cūrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cūrō

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cūrō, cūrāre.

Verb

curer

1. to clean
2. (medicine) to treat (an illness, a symptom, etc.), to care (for), to heal
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 142 of this essay:

     On doit avoir plusieurs entencions, car en curant, on doit bien considerer la cause et la nature de la maladie

     One must have several intentions, because in treating, one must consider the cause and the nature of the disease

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of curer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		curer			avoir curé
gerund		en curant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		curant
past participle		curé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cur	cures	cure	curons	curez	curent
	imperfect	curoie, cureie, curoe, cureve	curoies, cureies, curoes, cureves	curoit, cureit, curot, cureve	curiiens, curiens	curiiez, curiez	curoient, cureient, curoent, curevent
	preterite	curai	curas	cura	curames	curastes	curerent
	future	curerai	cureras	curera	curerons	cureroiz, curereiz, curerez	cureront
	conditional	cureroie, curereie	cureroies, curereies	cureroit, curereit	cureriiens, cureriens	cureriiez, cureriez	cureroient, curereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	cur	curs	curt	curons	curez	curent
	imperfect	curasse	curasses	curast	curissons, curissiens	curissoiz, curissez, curissiez	curassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cure	—	curons	curez	—

Descendants

• English: cure
• French: curer