proposer
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
proposer (plural proposers)
- Someone who proposes; someone who makes a proposal. agent noun of propose
Translations edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “proposer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “propose”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “proposer”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “proposer”, in Wordnik.
- proposer in WordReference English Collocations
- “proponent” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
- proposer, proponent, supporter at Google Ngram Viewer
- proposer, opposer at Google Ngram Viewer
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French proposer, borrowed from Latin prōpōnere, altered based on French poser.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.po.ze/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: proposai, proposé, proposée, proposées, proposés, proposez
Verb edit
proposer
- to propose, suggest
- on m'a proposé de tester des produits
- I've been asked to test the products
- to propose (offer)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of proposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | proposer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | proposant /pʁɔ.po.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | proposé /pʁɔ.po.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | propose /pʁɔ.poz/ |
proposes /pʁɔ.poz/ |
propose /pʁɔ.poz/ |
proposons /pʁɔ.po.zɔ̃/ |
proposez /pʁɔ.po.ze/ |
proposent /pʁɔ.poz/ |
imperfect | proposais /pʁɔ.po.zɛ/ |
proposais /pʁɔ.po.zɛ/ |
proposait /pʁɔ.po.zɛ/ |
proposions /pʁɔ.po.zjɔ̃/ |
proposiez /pʁɔ.po.zje/ |
proposaient /pʁɔ.po.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | proposai /pʁɔ.po.ze/ |
proposas /pʁɔ.po.za/ |
proposa /pʁɔ.po.za/ |
proposâmes /pʁɔ.po.zam/ |
proposâtes /pʁɔ.po.zat/ |
proposèrent /pʁɔ.po.zɛʁ/ | |
future | proposerai /pʁɔ.poz.ʁe/ |
proposeras /pʁɔ.poz.ʁa/ |
proposera /pʁɔ.poz.ʁa/ |
proposerons /pʁɔ.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
proposerez /pʁɔ.poz.ʁe/ |
proposeront /pʁɔ.poz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | proposerais /pʁɔ.poz.ʁɛ/ |
proposerais /pʁɔ.poz.ʁɛ/ |
proposerait /pʁɔ.poz.ʁɛ/ |
proposerions /pʁɔ.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
proposeriez /pʁɔ.po.zə.ʁje/ |
proposeraient /pʁɔ.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 | propose /pʁɔ.poz/ |
proposes /pʁɔ.poz/ |
propose /pʁɔ.poz/ |
proposions /pʁɔ.po.zjɔ̃/ |
proposiez /pʁɔ.po.zje/ |
proposent /pʁɔ.poz/ |
imperfect2 | proposasse /pʁɔ.po.zas/ |
proposasses /pʁɔ.po.zas/ |
proposât /pʁɔ.po.za/ |
proposassions /pʁɔ.po.za.sjɔ̃/ |
proposassiez /pʁɔ.po.za.sje/ |
proposassent /pʁɔ.po.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | propose /pʁɔ.poz/ |
— | proposons /pʁɔ.po.zɔ̃/ |
proposez /pʁɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading edit
- “proposer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French proposer, borrowed from Latin prōpōnō, prōpōnere, altered based on poser.
Verb edit
proposer
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin prōpōnō, prōpōnere, from Latin prō- (“forth”) + pōnere (“place, put”), altered based on poser.
Verb edit
proposer
Conjugation edit
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 proposer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | proposer | avoir proposé | |||||
gerund | en proposant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | proposant | ||||||
past participle | proposé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | propos | proposes | propose | proposons | proposez | proposent |
imperfect | proposoie, proposeie, proposoe, proposeve | proposoies, proposeies, proposoes, proposeves | proposoit, proposeit, proposot, proposeve | proposiiens, proposiens | proposiiez, proposiez | proposoient, proposeient, proposoent, proposevent | |
preterite | proposai | proposas | proposa | proposames | proposastes | proposerent | |
future | proposerai | proposeras | proposera | proposerons | proposeroiz, proposereiz, proposerez | proposeront | |
conditional | proposeroie, proposereie | proposeroies, proposereies | proposeroit, proposereit | proposeriiens, proposeriens | proposeriiez, proposeriez | proposeroient, proposereient | |
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 | propos | propos | propost | proposons | proposez | proposent |
imperfect | proposasse | proposasses | proposast | proposissons, proposissiens | proposissoiz, proposissez, proposissiez | proposassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | propose | — | proposons | proposez | — |