pose
French, noun
pose is spelled P-O-S-E (4 letters) and appears 74 times per million words in written French, the 1,141st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pose is a French feminine noun meaning “installation, the act of laying, putting down (e.g. a building element)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of poser. With an accent, posé is a different word: “past participle of poser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de poser, de mettre en place”.
What does pose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinstallation, the act of laying, putting down (e.g. a building element)
- 2
femininepose (posture, way of presenting oneself)
noun
- 1
masculineextension
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of poser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de poser, de mettre en place. 2. Avantage qui consiste à jouer le premier dé au domino, au jacquet, etc. 3. Manière de poser, en parlant de la voix. 4. Action de se poser, manière de se tenir, attitude.
adjective: 1. Qui est grave, sérieux, placide, calme. 2. Qui a une situation établie, solide. 3. Qui est dans un contexte relax, une ambiance détendue, sans stress et ce pour un temps donné. 4. Place que les figures occupent dans l’écu.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pose
- poses plural
- posée feminine
- posés masculine plural
- posées feminine plural
- posay slang
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pose in French?
pose appears 74 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).