jurer
/ʒy.ʁe/
verb
B1
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- present
- jure
- past
- a juré
- perfect
- juré
Meaning
Similar words
jurer and "mettre la main au feu" are close synonyms for swearing something is true, largely interchangeable, the latter being idiomatic ("put a hand in the fire").
Similar in other languages
Practice
1 What does jurer mean?
to swear
2 Fill the gap: Il ___ avoir vu un fantôme.
Full sentence: Il jure avoir vu un fantôme. (He swears he saw a ghost.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches jurer?
jurer: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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