"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. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
    Sense id: en-pour-fr-prep-noZLEQ8R Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French prepositions Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 44 0 2 2 50 2 Disambiguation of French prepositions: 20 10 14 16 24 16
  2. for (in support of)
    Sense id: en-pour-fr-prep-M-kJlWNH Categories (other): French prepositions Disambiguation of French prepositions: 20 10 14 16 24 16
  3. for (as a consequence for)
    Sense id: en-pour-fr-prep-kjhCj53c Categories (other): French prepositions Disambiguation of French prepositions: 20 10 14 16 24 16
  4. for (an intended destination)
    Sense id: en-pour-fr-prep-wPDFnbSJ Categories (other): French prepositions Disambiguation of French prepositions: 20 10 14 16 24 16
  5. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
    Sense id: en-pour-fr-prep-ykuQS5o~ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French prepositions Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 44 0 2 2 50 2 Disambiguation of French prepositions: 20 10 14 16 24 16
  6. for, to (according to)
    Sense id: en-pour-fr-prep-5ZI~5Mfj Categories (other): French prepositions Disambiguation of French prepositions: 20 10 14 16 24 16
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

Download JSON data for pour meaning in French (4.4kB)

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