empourprer

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ pourpre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁe/
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Verb

empourprer

  1. to make purple, to color purple, empurple

Conjugation
Conjugation of empourprer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple empourprer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple empourprant
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle empourpré
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present empourpre
/ɑ̃.puʁpʁ/		 empourpres
/ɑ̃.puʁpʁ/		 empourpre
/ɑ̃.puʁpʁ/		 empourprons
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁɔ̃/		 empourprez
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁe/		 empourprent
/ɑ̃.puʁpʁ/
imperfect empourprais
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁɛ/		 empourprais
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁɛ/		 empourprait
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁɛ/		 empourprions
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁi.jɔ̃/		 empourpriez
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁi.je/		 empourpraient
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁɛ/
past historic2 empourprai
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁe/		 empourpras
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁa/		 empourpra
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁa/		 empourprâmes
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁam/		 empourprâtes
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁat/		 empourprèrent
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁɛʁ/
future empourprerai
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁə.ʁe/		 empourpreras
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁə.ʁa/		 empourprera
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁə.ʁa/		 empourprerons
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 empourprerez
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁə.ʁe/		 empourpreront
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional empourprerais
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁə.ʁɛ/		 empourprerais
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁə.ʁɛ/		 empourprerait
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁə.ʁɛ/		 empourprerions
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 empourpreriez
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁə.ʁje/		 empourpreraient
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁə.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 empourpre
/ɑ̃.puʁpʁ/		 empourpres
/ɑ̃.puʁpʁ/		 empourpre
/ɑ̃.puʁpʁ/		 empourprions
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁi.jɔ̃/		 empourpriez
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁi.je/		 empourprent
/ɑ̃.puʁpʁ/
imperfect2 empourprasse
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁas/		 empourprasses
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁas/		 empourprât
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁa/		 empourprassions
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁa.sjɔ̃/		 empourprassiez
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁa.sje/		 empourprassent
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — empourpre
/ɑ̃.puʁpʁ/		 — empourprons
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁɔ̃/		 empourprez
/ɑ̃.puʁ.pʁe/		 —
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).

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