procurer

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman procurour, Old French procureor. Equivalent to procure +‎ -er.

Noun

procurer (plural procurers)

  1. A person who procures or obtains things, especially one who procures customers for prostitutes.

Synonyms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre, present active infinitive of prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”), from Latin prō (“on behalf of”) with cūrō (“I care for”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

procurer

  1. (transitive) to get, obtain (for someone)

Conjugation
Conjugation of procurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle procurant
/pʁɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃/
past participle procuré
/pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/
infinitive
simple procurer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple procurant
/pʁɔ.ky.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 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 – tu – nous vous –
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 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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

prōcūrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of prōcūrō

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōcūrō.

Verb

procurer

  1. to procure (to get; to obtain)

Conjugation

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
infinitive procurer avoir procuré
gerund en procurant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— procure — procurons procurez —

Descendants

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.