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

• pander
• panderer
• pimp

Translations

one who procures customers for prostitutes

• Bulgarian: сводник (bg) m (svodnik)
• Greek: προαγωγός (el) m (proagogós)
• Hungarian: kerítő (hu), kerítőnő (hu)
• Latin: leno m, lena f
• Russian: сво́дник (ru) m (svódnik)

French

Etymology

Derived from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from Latin prō- (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/

• Audio:

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Verb

procurer

1. (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		–	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 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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (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

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			gerund of avoir + 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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + 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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + 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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (procurer, supplement)
• procurer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub