different between assures vs assurer

English

Verb

assures

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assure

Anagrams

• Sausers

French

Verb

assures

1. second-person singular present indicative of assurer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of assurer

Anagrams

• ruasses

English

Etymology

From assure +? -er

Noun

assurer (plural assurers)

1. An insurer; an underwriter.
2. One who takes out insurance.
3. A person who or thing which assures.

Anagrams

• Rausers, rasures

French

Etymology

From Old French asseurer, asseürer, a (semi-learned) borrowing from Late Latin *assec?r?re (according to the TLFi), from Latin s?c?rus. Synchronically analysable as a- +? sûr +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sy.?e/

Verb

assurer

1. to assure, to ensure, to make sure
2. to insure, to give insurance to.
3. (climbing) to belay

Conjugation

Usage notes

S'assurer que, in the sense of "make sure," takes the indicative mood: Assurez-vous que la porte est bien fermée. [1] The subjunctive is seen at times (Assurez-vous que la porte soit bien fermée), especially where the connotation is that the listener should check and then do the thing if it is not already done, but is generally proscribed.

Related terms

• assurance
• assureur

Descendants

• ? Danish: assurere

Further reading

• “assurer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• raseurs, rassure, rassuré