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poseur
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French poseur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po??z???/
Noun
poseur (plural poseurs)
- One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
- Synonyms: poser, attitudinizer
Translations
See also
- pretentious
Anagrams
- Roupes, rose up, souper, supero-, uprose
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po.zœ?/
Noun
poseur m (plural poseurs, feminine poseuse)
- poseur
- Synonyms: crâneur, frimeur
Related terms
- poser
Descendants
- ? English: poseur
- ? German: Poseur
Adjective
poseur (feminine singular poseuse, masculine plural poseurs, feminine plural poseuses)
- pompous, affected
Further reading
- “poseur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- proues, souper
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pretender
English
Etymology
pretend +? -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
Noun
pretender (plural pretenders)
- A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
- A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne.
Synonyms
- dissembler
- hypocrite
- phoney
Related terms
- pretend
Translations
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetend?.
Verb
pretender (first-person singular present pretendo, first-person singular preterite pretendín, past participle pretendido)
- to pretend
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of pretender
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive of pretender
Conjugation
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetend?.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /p?e.t?.?de(?)/
Verb
pretender (first-person singular present indicative pretendo, past participle pretendido)
- to want
- to pretend
- to intend
- to request
- to aspire
Conjugation
Usage notes
- Pretender is a false friend, and does not mean pretend in the sense of to claim that or act as if something is different from what it actually is.
Related terms
- pretenso
- pretensão
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetend?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?eten?de?/, [p?e.t??n??d?e?]
Verb
pretender (first-person singular present pretendo, first-person singular preterite pretendí, past participle pretendido)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) to pretend (claim, allege)
- to intend, to aim (for/to)
- to woo, to court
Usage notes
- Pretender is a false friend, and does not mean pretend in the sense of to claim that or act as if something is different from what it actually is. The Spanish word for pretend in that sense is fingir.
Conjugation
Related terms
- pretendiente
- pretencioso
- pretenso
- pretensión
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