procurer
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman procurour, Old French procureor. Equivalent to procure + -er.
Noun
procurer (plural procurers)
- A person who procures or obtains things, especially one who procures customers for prostitutes.
French
Etymology
From Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre, present active infinitive of prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”), from Latin prō (“on behalf of”) with cūrō (“I care for”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/
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Conjugation
Conjugation of procurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | procurant /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | procuré /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | procurer | ||||||
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | procurant /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
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 | procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procures /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procurons /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɔ̃/ |
procurez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/ |
procurent /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
imperfect | procurais /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛ/ |
procurais /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛ/ |
procurait /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛ/ |
procurions /pʁɔ.ky.ʁjɔ̃/ |
procuriez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁje/ |
procuraient /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | procurai /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/ |
procuras /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa/ |
procura /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa/ |
procurâmes /pʁɔ.ky.ʁam/ |
procurâtes /pʁɔ.ky.ʁat/ |
procurèrent /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | procurerai /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁe/ |
procureras /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁa/ |
procurera /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁa/ |
procurerons /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
procurerez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁe/ |
procureront /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | procurerais /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
procurerais /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
procurerait /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
procurerions /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
procureriez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁje/ |
procureraient /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.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 | procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procures /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procurions /pʁɔ.ky.ʁjɔ̃/ |
procuriez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁje/ |
procurent /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
imperfect2 | procurasse /pʁɔ.ky.ʁas/ |
procurasses /pʁɔ.ky.ʁas/ |
procurât /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa/ |
procurassions /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
procurassiez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa.sje/ |
procurassent /pʁɔ.ky.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
— | procurons /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɔ̃/ |
procurez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/ |
— | |
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). |
Further reading
- “procurer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Old French
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of procurer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | procurer | avoir procuré | |||||
gerund | en procurant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | procurant | ||||||
past participle | procuré | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | procur | procures | procure | procurons | procurez | procurent |
imperfect | procuroie, procureie, procuroe, procureve | procuroies, procureies, procuroes, procureves | procuroit, procureit, procurot, procureve | procuriiens, procuriens | procuriiez, procuriez | procuroient, procureient, procuroent, procurevent | |
preterite | procurai | procuras | procura | procurames | procurastes | procurerent | |
future | procurerai | procureras | procurera | procurerons | procureroiz, procurereiz, procurerez | procureront | |
conditional | procureroie, procurereie | procureroies, procurereies | procureroit, procurereit | procureriiens, procureriens | procureriiez, procureriez | procureroient, procurereient | |
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 | procur | procurs | procurt | procurons | procurez | procurent |
imperfect | procurasse | procurasses | procurast | procurissons, procurissiens | procurissoiz, procurissez, procurissiez | procurassent | |
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 | – | |
— | procure | — | procurons | procurez | — |
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (procurer, supplement)
- procurer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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