pose

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

Common cold, head cold; catarrh.

Verb

1. (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
2. (transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
3. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
4. (transitive) To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
5. (intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
6. (intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
8. (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
2. (archaic) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
3. (archaic) To perplex or confuse (someone).

Concepts

poser

représenter

pose

présenter

attitude

feindre

ébahir

posture

mettre

minauder

minauderie

causer

affectation

placer

affecter

constituer

se montrer

déterminer

agir avec affectation

prétendre à

s’ériger en

posons

abasourdir

posez

afféterie

asseoir

🪑

consterner

étonner

maniérisme

menacer

modèle

peser

procurer

stupéfier

affèterie

ahurir

éberluer

effarer

fausse apparence

feinte

méduser

posent

Synonymes

posture

position

attitudinize

put on airs

stance

affect

show off

feign

attitude

model

set

airs

lay

mannerism

affectation

put

cause

show

place

sit

🪑

gesture

pretend

provoke

act

give rise to

get

move

impersonate

wreak

affectedness

flaunt

inflict

puzzle

result in

pretense

present

personate

cause to take place

hold

gravel

assume

plant

🌱

mystify

nonplus

gesticulate

bewilder

mince

flummox

flirt with

organize

Traductions

posare

posar

zich aanstellen

vortäuschen

posieren

spielen

sich den Anschein geben

vorgeben

atteggiamento

sich unnatürlich benehmen

gespreitzt tun

sich geziert benehmen

sich zieren

affektieren

afectar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/poʊz/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pose

Hérité de ancien anglais: ġeposu

Appartenant à bas-allemand: pusten

Hérité de moyen anglais: posen

In summary

From Middle English pose, from Old English ġeposu pl (“cold in the head; catarrh”, literally “(the) sneezes; (the) snorts”), from Old English pos, ġepos (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-West Germanic *pos, from Proto-Germanic *pusą (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pusōną, *pusjaną (“to snort, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Compare Low German pusten (“to blow, puff”), German dialectal pfausen (“to sneeze, snort”), Norwegian dialectal pysa (“to blow”).