different between poler vs poser

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??l?(?)/
• Homophone: polar
• Rhymes: -??l?(?)

Etymology 1

pole +? -er

Noun

poler (plural polers)

1. One who propels a boat using a pole.
2. A horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle.

Translations

Etymology 2

See poller.

Noun

poler (plural polers)

1. (obsolete) An extortioner.
   • 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature

     the Poler and Exacter of Fees

Anagrams

• Loper, lepro-, loper, prole

Danish

Noun

poler c

1. indefinite plural of pol

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

poler m

1. indefinite plural of pol

Verb

poler

1. imperative of polere

Swedish

Noun

poler

1. indefinite plural of pol

English

Etymology

pose +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??z?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?po?z?/
• Rhymes: -??z?(?)

Noun

poser (plural posers)

1. (Britain) 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.

Translations

See also

• faker
• impostor
• pretentious

Anagrams

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

French

Etymology

From Old French poser, from Vulgar Latin paus?re < Latin paus?re, present active infinitive of paus?, influenced in meaning by p?n? (especially its past participle positus). Compare Italian posare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.ze/

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

Derived terms

Related terms

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

See also

• demander

Further reading

• “poser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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 paus?, paus?re, influenced by Latin p?n?.

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.

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