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Webster 1913 Edition
Poser
Pos′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Poser
PO'SER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
poser
poser
See also: pöser
English
Noun
poser (plural posers)
- (Britain) 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.
- (pejorative, slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
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French
Etymology
From Old French poser, from Vulgar Latin pausāre < Latin pausāre, present active infinitive of pausō, influenced in meaning by pōnō. Compare Italian posare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poze/
Verb
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
Conjugation of poser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | poser | avoir posé | |||||
| gerund | en posant | en ayant posé | |||||
| present participle | posant /po.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | posé /po.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | posai /po.ze/ |
posas /po.za/ |
posa /po.za/ |
posâmes /po.zam/ |
posâtes /po.zat/ |
posèrent /po.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | poserai /poz.ʁe/ |
poseras /poz.ʁa/ |
posera /poz.ʁa/ |
poserons /poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
poserez /poz.ʁe/ |
poseront /poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | poserais /poz.ʁɛ/ |
poserais /poz.ʁɛ/ |
poserait /poz.ʁɛ/ |
poserions /po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
poseriez /po.zə.ʁje/ |
poseraient /poz.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 /poz/ |
poses /poz/ |
pose /poz/ |
posions /po.zjɔ̃/ |
posiez /po.zje/ |
posent /poz/ |
| imperfect1 |
posasse /po.zas/ |
posasses /po.zas/ |
posât /po.za/ |
posassions /po.za.sjɔ̃/ |
posassiez /po.za.sje/ |
posassent /po.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | pose /poz/ |
— | posons /po.zɔ̃/ |
posez /po.ze/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin pausō, pausāre, influenced by Latin pōnō.
Verb
poser
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | pos | pos | post | posons | posez | posent |
| imperfect | posasse | posasses | posast | posissons, posissiens | posissoiz, posissez, posissiez | 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 | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | pose | — | posons | posez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (poser, supplement)
- poser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub