pourparler
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French pourparler.
Noun
editpourparler (plural pourparlers)
- (dated) A diplomatic consultation, preliminary to a treaty.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pourparler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French pourparler (“to discuss”, literally “to speak through”). By surface analysis, pour- + parler.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpourparler m (plural pourparlers)
- (rare) singular of pourparlers
Old French
editAlternative forms
editVerb
editpourparler
- to talk about; to discuss; to deliberate
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ols, *-olt are modified to ous, out. This verb has a stressed present stem pourparol distinct from the unstressed stem pourparl. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
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