pourparler

English

Etymology

Noun

pourparler (plural pourparlers)

(dated) 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pourparler (“to discuss”, literally “to speak through”). By surface analysis, pour- +‎ parler.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /puʁ.paʁ.le/
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Noun

pourparler m (plural pourparlers)

(rare) singular of pourparlers

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.

Conjugation of pourparler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pourparler			avoir pourparlé
gerund		en pourparlant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		pourparlant
past participle		pourparlé
person		singular			plural
person		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	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	pourparol	pourparous	pourparout	pourparlons	pourparlez	pourparolent
simple tenses	imperfect	pourparlasse	pourparlasses	pourparlast	pourparlissons, pourparlissiens	pourparlissoiz, pourparlissez, pourparlissiez	pourparlassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	pourparole	—	pourparlons	pourparlez	—

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