procurer
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman procurour, Old French procureor. Equivalent to procure + -er.
Noun
procurer (plural procurers)
- A person who procures or obtains things, especially one who procures customers for prostitutes.
Synonyms
- pander
- panderer
- pimp
Translations
one who procures customers for prostitutes
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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/
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Verb
procurer
- (transitive) to get, obtain (for someone)
Conjugation
Conjugation of procurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| 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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “procurer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
prōcūrer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of prōcūrō
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōcūrō.
Verb
procurer
- 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
- → English: procure
- French: procurer
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (procurer, supplement)
- procurer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub