"pour" meaning in French

See pour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /puʁ/ Audio: Fr-pour.ogg
Rhymes: -uʁ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French pour, from Old French por, pur, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|pour|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French pour, {{inh+|fr|frm|pour}} Inherited from Middle French pour, {{inh|fr|fro|por|por, pur}} Old French por, pur, {{inh|fr|LL.|pōr}} Late Latin pōr, {{inh|fr|la|prō}} Latin prō Head templates: {{fr-prep}} pour
  1. (followed by a noun or pronoun) for (meant for, intended for)
    Sense id: en-pour-fr-prep-6L8XdWUU Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 62 0 5 6 22 5
  2. for (in support of)
    Sense id: en-pour-fr-prep-M-kJlWNH
  3. for (as a consequence for)
    Sense id: en-pour-fr-prep-kjhCj53c
  4. for (an intended destination)
    Sense id: en-pour-fr-prep-wPDFnbSJ
  5. (followed by a verb in the infinitive) to (to bring about an intended result)
    Sense id: en-pour-fr-prep-IWAqLF8E Categories (other): French prepositions Disambiguation of French prepositions: 17 11 15 17 23 17
  6. for, to (according to)
    Sense id: en-pour-fr-prep-5ZI~5Mfj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: peser le pour et le contre, pour ainsi dire, pourboire [masculine], pour ce qui est de, pour-cent [masculine], pour-compte [masculine], pour que
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