pourparler
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French pourparler.
Noun
pourparler (plural pourparlers)
- A diplomatic consultation, preliminary to a treaty.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pourparler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology
From the Old French verb pourparler, meaning to "speak for".
Noun
pourparler m (plural pourparlers)
- (almost always in plural) parley
Old French
Alternative forms
- porparler
- purparler (less common)
Verb
pourparler
- to talk about; to discuss; to deliberate
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ols, *-olt are modified to ous, out. This verb has a stressed present stem pourparol distinct from the unstressed stem pourparl. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pourparler | avoir pourparlé | |||||
| gerund | en pourparlant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | pourparlant | ||||||
| past participle | pourparlé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | pourparol | pourparoles | pourparole | pourparlons | pourparlez | pourparolent |
| imperfect | pourparloie, pourparleie, pourparloe, pourparleve | pourparloies, pourparleies, pourparloes, pourparleves | pourparloit, pourparleit, pourparlot, pourparleve | pourparliiens, pourparliens | pourparliiez, pourparliez | pourparloient, pourparleient, pourparloent, pourparlevent | |
| preterite | pourparlai | pourparlas | pourparla | pourparlames | pourparlastes | pourparlerent | |
| future | pourparlerai | pourparleras | pourparlera | pourparlerons | pourparleroiz, pourparlereiz, pourparlerez | pourparleront | |
| conditional | pourparleroie, pourparlereie | pourparleroies, pourparlereies | pourparleroit, pourparlereit | pourparleriiens, pourparleriens | pourparleriiez, pourparleriez | pourparleroient, pourparlereient | |
| 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 | pourparol | pourparous | pourparout | pourparlons | pourparlez | pourparolent |
| imperfect | pourparlasse | pourparlasses | pourparlast | pourparlissons, pourparlissiens | pourparlissoiz, pourparlissez, pourparlissiez | pourparlassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | pourparole | — | pourparlons | pourparlez | — | ||