poseur

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French poseur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poʊˈzʊəɹ/
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  • Rhymes: -ʊəɹ

Noun

poseur (plural poseurs)

  1. One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
    Synonyms: poser, attitudinizer
    He pretends he's an artist, but he's just a poseur.
    She only dresses like that because she thinks she is getting the boys' attention; she's such a poseur.
    • 1884, Vernon Lee (pseudonym; Violet Paget), The Countess of Albany, published 1910, page 67:
      But he was also, what seems almost incompatible with this ferocious truthfulness, excessively self-conscious and morally attitudinising, a thin-skinned poseur.
    • 1978, Poly Styrene (lyrics and music), “I Am a Poseur”, in Germ Free Adolescents, performed by X-Ray Spex:
      I am a poseur and I don't care / I like to make people stare

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

poseur m (plural poseurs, feminine poseuse)

  1. poseur
    Synonyms: crâneur, frimeur

Related terms

Descendants

  • → English: poseur
  • → German: Poseur

Adjective

poseur (feminine poseuse, masculine plural poseurs, feminine plural poseuses)

  1. pompous, affected

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French poseur.

Noun

poseur m (plural poseuri)

  1. poseur

Declension

Declension of poseur
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) poseur poseurul (niște) poseuri poseurii
genitive/dative (unui) poseur poseurului (unor) poseuri poseurilor
vocative poseurule poseurilor

References

  • poseur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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