poser
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poser (plural posers)
- (British) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
- Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
- Someone who likes to talk big, and look good, but doesn't do much.
- (pejorative, slang) = poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
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[edit] Etymology
Vulgar Latin pausare, influenced by Latin ponere
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poser
- (transitive) To stop carrying, to put down (something or somebody)
- (transitive) To ask (a question)
- (transitive) To land (a plane)
- (transitive) To lay, place
- (transitive) To install, fit
Conjugation of poser (see also Appendix: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 | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pose | poses | pose | posons | posez | posent |
| imperfect | posais | posais | posait | posions | posiez | posaient | |
| past historic | posai | posas | posa | posâmes | posâtes | posèrent | |
| future | poserai | poseras | posera | poserons | poserez | poseront | |
| conditional | poserais | poserais | poserait | poserions | poseriez | poseraient | |
| 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 past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pose | poses | pose | posions | posiez | posent |
| imperfect | posasse | posasses | posât | posassions | posassiez | 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | pose | — | posons | posez | — | ||
