different between poser vs noser

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

English

Etymology

nose +? -er

Noun

noser (plural nosers)

1. (rare) A nosy person.
2. (Britain, slang) An indulgence in nosiness or other curiosity.

3. (slang) A punch to the nose.
   • 1851, Harper's Magazine (volume 2, page 645)

     […] the blow was veritably a noser

See also

• brown-noser

Anagrams

• Ensor, Neros, Norse, Roens, Rones, Rosen, neros, oners, renos, rosen, senor, seron, señor, snore

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

noser m or f

1. indefinite plural of nos