From Anglo-Norman procurour, Old French procureor. Equivalent to procure + -er.
procurer (plural procurers)
Derived from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from Latin prō- (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”).
procurer
| infinitive | simple | procurer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
prōcūrer
procurer
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.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | ||