poser

See also: pöser

English

Etymology

pose +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊzɚ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊzə(ɹ)

Noun

poser (plural posers)

  1. (Britain) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
  2. Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
    Even as a child, she was a habitual poser of difficult questions.
  3. Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
  4. (derogatory, slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

Translations
someone who, or something which, poses; with their body in a fixed position
poseur — see poseur

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French

Etymology

From Old French poser, from Vulgar Latin pausāre < Latin pausāre, present active infinitive of pausō, influenced in meaning by pōnō (especially its past participle positus). Compare Italian posare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /po.ze/
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Verb

poser

  1. (transitive) to stop carrying, to put down (something or somebody)
  2. (transitive) to ask (a question)
  3. (transitive) to land (a plane)
  4. (transitive) to lay, place
  5. (transitive) to install, fit

Conjugation
Conjugation of poser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle posant
/po.zɑ̃/
past participle posé
/po.ze/
infinitive
simple poser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple posant
/po.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pose
/poz/		 poses
/poz/		 pose
/poz/		 posons
/po.zɔ̃/		 posez
/po.ze/		 posent
/poz/
imperfect posais
/po.zɛ/		 posais
/po.zɛ/		 posait
/po.zɛ/		 posions
/po.zjɔ̃/		 posiez
/po.zje/		 posaient
/po.zɛ/
past historic2 posai
/po.ze/		 posas
/po.za/		 posa
/po.za/		 posâmes
/po.zam/		 posâtes
/po.zat/		 posèrent
/po.zɛʁ/
future poserai
/poz.ʁe/		 poseras
/poz.ʁa/		 posera
/poz.ʁa/		 poserons
/poz.ʁɔ̃/		 poserez
/poz.ʁe/		 poseront
/poz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional poserais
/poz.ʁɛ/		 poserais
/poz.ʁɛ/		 poserait
/poz.ʁɛ/		 poserions
/po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 poseriez
/po.zə.ʁje/		 poseraient
/poz.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 pose
/poz/		 poses
/poz/		 pose
/poz/		 posions
/po.zjɔ̃/		 posiez
/po.zje/		 posent
/poz/
imperfect2 posasse
/po.zas/		 posasses
/po.zas/		 posât
/po.za/		 posassions
/po.za.sjɔ̃/		 posassiez
/po.za.sje/		 posassent
/po.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pose
/poz/		 — posons
/po.zɔ̃/		 posez
/po.ze/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Noun

poser m

  1. indefinite plural of pose

Verb

poser

  1. imperative of posere

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin pausō, pausāre, influenced by Latin pōnō.

Verb

poser

  1. to put; to place
    • ses meins desus lui posa
  2. to suggest; to propose
  3. to rest; to recover; to recuperate

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of poser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive poser avoir posé
gerund en posant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle posant
past participle posé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present pos poses pose posons posez posent
imperfect posoie, poseie, posoe, poseve posoies, poseies, posoes, poseves posoit, poseit, posot, poseve posiiens, posiens posiiez, posiez posoient, poseient, posoent, posevent
preterite posai posas posa posames posastes poserent
future poserai poseras posera poserons poseroiz, posereiz, poserez poseront
conditional poseroie, posereie poseroies, posereies poseroit, posereit poseriiens, poseriens poseriiez, poseriez poseroient, posereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present pos pos post posons posez posent
imperfect posasse posasses posast posissons, posissiens posissoiz, posissez, posissiez posassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— pose — posons posez —

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