poser

See also: pöser, and Poser

English

Etymology

From pose +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊzɚ/

  • Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -əʊzə(ɹ)

Noun

poser (plural posers)

1. (British) 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.
   • 2008 July 9, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008:

     "My boyfriend, or I should say, ex-boyfriend, used to be all dark and brooding with long, black hair, but now?!" [...] "Um, I'm pretty sure uniforms don't work that way. I think your ex might just be a big poser." "A fact I would be blissfully unaware of if not for these damn uniforms!"

Translations

a particularly difficult question or puzzle

• Bulgarian: труден въпрос m (truden vǎpros)
• German: knifflige Frage f, harte Nuss f
• Irish: cáithnín m

someone who asks a question or sets a problem

• German: Fragender m, Frager (de) m, Fragesteller (de) m

someone who, or something which, poses; with their body in a fixed position

• Esperanto: pozisto
• French: colle (fr) f
• German: Künstlermodell n, Modell (de) n

poseur — see poseur

See also

• faker
• impostor
• pretentious

Anagrams

• Prose, ropes, S'pore, reops, Soper, ERPOs, spore, Poers, Spero, Perso-, soper, Peros, preso, prose, OPers., pores, Ropes, repos, opers, pro se

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French poser, from Vulgar Latin pausāre < Latin pausāre, influenced in meaning by pōnō (especially its past participle positus). Compare Italian posare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.ze/

• Audio:

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Verb

poser

1. (transitive) to stop carrying, to put down (something or somebody)
2. (transitive) to ask or pose (a question)

   J’ai quelques questions à lui poser.

   I have a few questions to ask him.

   Puis-je vous poser une question ?

   Can I ask you a question?

3. (transitive) to land (a plane)
4. (transitive) to lay, place
5. (transitive) to install, fit
6. (reflexive) to relax, settle

   Synonyms: reposer, rester

Conjugation

Conjugation of poser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	poser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	posant /po.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		posé /po.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	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 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• poser culotte
• poser la chique et faire le mort
• poser la première pierre
• poser problème
• poser ses couilles sur la table
• poser ses valises
• poser un lapin
• poser une colle
• poser une pêche

 

Related terms

• apposer
• composer
• déposer
• imposer
• juxtaposer
• opposer
• reposer
• supposer
• superposer

Descendants

• → Portuguese: posar

See also

• demander

Further reading

• “poser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• perso, pores, prose, repos

Norwegian Bokmål

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			gerund of avoir + 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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + 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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pose	—	posons	posez	—

Descendants

• English: pose
• French: poser

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (poser, supplement)
• poser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub