No. 3,124 in French
posent
"Posent" means "place" or "put."
In a sentence
Les enfants posent des questions à leur professeur.
The children ask questions to their teacher.
Here, 'posent' is used as the verb 'poser' conjugated for the third person plural form, meaning 'to ask' in the sense of asking a question.
Ils posent délicatement le vase sur la table.
They delicately place the vase on the table.
In this example, 'posent' means 'to place' or 'to put,' specifically referring to placing an object somewhere.
Les athlètes posent souvent pour des photographies après la compétition.
Athletes often pose for photographs after the competition.
Here, 'posent' signifies 'to pose,' referring to adopting a posture or position for a photograph.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “posent” in actual French podcasts.
Find “posent” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays French podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.
Get the appFrench books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).