procurer
English edit
Etymology edit
From Anglo-Norman procurour, Old French procureor. Equivalent to procure + -er.
Noun edit
procurer (plural procurers)
- A person who procures or obtains things, especially one who procures customers for prostitutes.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from Latin prō- (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
procurer
- (transitive) to get, obtain (for someone)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of procurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | procurer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | procurant /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | procuré /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procures /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procurons /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɔ̃/ |
procurez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/ |
procurent /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
imperfect | procurais /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛ/ |
procurais /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛ/ |
procurait /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛ/ |
procurions /pʁɔ.ky.ʁjɔ̃/ |
procuriez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁje/ |
procuraient /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | procurai /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/ |
procuras /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa/ |
procura /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa/ |
procurâmes /pʁɔ.ky.ʁam/ |
procurâtes /pʁɔ.ky.ʁat/ |
procurèrent /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | procurerai /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁe/ |
procureras /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁa/ |
procurera /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁa/ |
procurerons /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
procurerez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁe/ |
procureront /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | procurerais /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
procurerais /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
procurerait /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
procurerions /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
procureriez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁje/ |
procureraient /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.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 | procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procures /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procurions /pʁɔ.ky.ʁjɔ̃/ |
procuriez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁje/ |
procurent /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
imperfect2 | procurasse /pʁɔ.ky.ʁas/ |
procurasses /pʁɔ.ky.ʁas/ |
procurât /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa/ |
procurassions /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
procurassiez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa.sje/ |
procurassent /pʁɔ.ky.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
— | procurons /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɔ̃/ |
procurez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/ |
— | |
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
- “procurer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
prōcūrer
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
procurer
- to procure (to get; to obtain)
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of procurer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | procurer | avoir procuré | |||||
gerund | en procurant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | procurant | ||||||
past participle | procuré | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | procur | procures | procure | procurons | procurez | procurent |
imperfect | procuroie, procureie, procuroe, procureve | procuroies, procureies, procuroes, procureves | procuroit, procureit, procurot, procureve | procuriiens, procuriens | procuriiez, procuriez | procuroient, procureient, procuroent, procurevent | |
preterite | procurai | procuras | procura | procurames | procurastes | procurerent | |
future | procurerai | procureras | procurera | procurerons | procureroiz, procurereiz, procurerez | procureront | |
conditional | procureroie, procurereie | procureroies, procurereies | procureroit, procurereit | procureriiens, procureriens | procureriiez, procureriez | procureroient, procurereient | |
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 | procur | procurs | procurt | procurons | procurez | procurent |
imperfect | procurasse | procurasses | procurast | procurissons, procurissiens | procurissoiz, procurissez, procurissiez | procurassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | procure | — | procurons | procurez | — |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (procurer, supplement)
- procurer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub