different between purges vs purger

English

Noun

purges

1. plural of purge

Verb

purges

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

Anagrams

• Grupes, Super G, spurge, super G

French

Verb

purges

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

Latin

Verb

p?rg?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of p?rg?

English

Etymology

purge +? -er

Pronunciation

• Homophone: perjure

Noun

purger (plural purgers)

1. One who, or that which, purges or cleanses.
   1. A cathartic medicine.
      • 1728, Of Bathing in the Hot-baths, at Bathe

        The Aix-la-Chapelle Waters are drunk at this Day, more as Purgers, and Preparatives for the Spaw, […]

Synonyms

• purgative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py?.?e/

Verb

purger

1. (medicine) to purge
2. (law) to serve (a sentence)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written purge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

p?rger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of p?rg?

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• purgar

Etymology

From German Bürger

Noun

p?rger m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. burgher
2. a citizen of Zagreb
3. (derogatory) a member of the Bad Blue Boys ultras

Related terms

• gra?anin