poser

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpəʊzə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpoʊzɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊzə(r)

Noun

poser (plural posers)

1. (UK) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
2. Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
3. (pejorative, slang) = poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others

Related terms

• faker
• impostor

Translations

someone who, or something which, poses

Esperanto: pozisto (eo)

Anagrams

• pores
• preso
• prose, pro se
• ropes
• spore

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French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin pausare, influenced by Latin ponere

Pronunciation

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  (file)

• IPA: /poze/

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 of poser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		poser			avoir posé
gerund		en posant			en ayant posé
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 historic1	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 anterior1	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
	imperfect1	posasse	posasses	posât	posassions	posassiez	posassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	pose	—	posons	posez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• apposer
• déposer
• imposer
• juxtaposer
• superposer

See also

• demander

Anagrams

• perso, pores, prose, repos