laurer

French

Etymology

From the Latin laurus + -er

Pronunciation

Verb

laurer

  1. To crown, or decorate, with laurels

Conjugation
Conjugation of laurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle laurant
/lo.ʁɑ̃/
past participle lauré
/lo.ʁe/
infinitive
simple laurer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple laurant
/lo.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present laure
/loʁ/		 laures
/loʁ/		 laure
/loʁ/		 laurons
/lo.ʁɔ̃/		 laurez
/lo.ʁe/		 laurent
/loʁ/
imperfect laurais
/lo.ʁɛ/		 laurais
/lo.ʁɛ/		 laurait
/lo.ʁɛ/		 laurions
/lo.ʁjɔ̃/		 lauriez
/lo.ʁje/		 lauraient
/lo.ʁɛ/
past historic2 laurai
/lo.ʁe/		 lauras
/lo.ʁa/		 laura
/lo.ʁa/		 laurâmes
/lo.ʁam/		 laurâtes
/lo.ʁat/		 laurèrent
/lo.ʁɛʁ/
future laurerai
/lo.ʁə.ʁe/		 laureras
/lo.ʁə.ʁa/		 laurera
/lo.ʁə.ʁa/		 laurerons
/lo.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 laurerez
/lo.ʁə.ʁe/		 laureront
/lo.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional laurerais
/lo.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 laurerais
/lo.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 laurerait
/lo.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 laurerions
/lo.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 laureriez
/lo.ʁə.ʁje/		 laureraient
/lo.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 laure
/loʁ/		 laures
/loʁ/		 laure
/loʁ/		 laurions
/lo.ʁjɔ̃/		 lauriez
/lo.ʁje/		 laurent
/loʁ/
imperfect2 laurasse
/lo.ʁas/		 laurasses
/lo.ʁas/		 laurât
/lo.ʁa/		 laurassions
/lo.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 laurassiez
/lo.ʁa.sje/		 laurassent
/lo.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — laure
/loʁ/		 — laurons
/lo.ʁɔ̃/		 laurez
/lo.ʁe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms
  • lorrer

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman lorer (Old French lorier) from Vulgar Latin *laurarius from Latin laurus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔrər/, /ˈlau̯rər/

Noun

laurer (plural laurers)

  1. laurel
    • Circa 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, Anelida and Arcite, lines 44-45
      With his tryumphe and laurer-corouned thus,
      In al the flour of Fortunes yevynge

Descendants

Further reading
  • laurer on the Middle English Dictionary
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