poseur

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /poʊˈzʊər/

Noun

poseur (plural poseurs)

1. One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

   He pretends draping things in miles of cloth is art, and that he’s an artist, but it’s always the same gimmick with different details, and he’s just a poseur.

   She only dresses like that because she thinks she is getting the boys' attention; she doesn’t even like the clothes. She’s such a poseur.

Translations

one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others

• French: poseur (fr) m, poseuse (fr) f, crâneur (fr) m, crâneuse (fr) f
• German: Angeber (de) m, Angeberin (de) f
• Norwegian: posør (no) m

• Russian: позёр (ru) (pozjór) m , позёрка (ru) (pozjórka) f 
• Swedish: posör (sv) c

See also

• poser
• pretentious

Anagrams

• rose up, souper, uprose

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɔ.zœʁ/, X-SAMPA: /pO.z9R/

Adjective

poseur m (feminine poseuse, masculine plural poseurs, feminine plural poseuses)

1. pompous, affected

Noun

poseur m (plural poseursposeuse)

1. poseur

Related terms

• poser

Anagrams

• proues, souper