arguer

See also: argüer

English

Etymology

From Middle English arguer, arguere, equivalent to argue +‎ -er.

Noun

arguer (plural arguers)

1. One who argues.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:arguer

   • 1989, Douglas N. Walton, Informal Logic‎^[1]:

     Basically, it is a personal attack on an arguer that brings the individuals's personal circumstances, trustworthiness, or character into question.

   • 1997 December 29, Iver Peterson, “Ruffling Left-Wing Feathers To Recharge Pacifica Radio”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Such changes would seem basic in other broadcast organizations, but they have landed Ms. Scott in a hornet's nest of attacks and recriminations from some of the most ardent arguers in the medium.

Translations

one who argues

• French: argumentateur (fr) m, argumentateuse f, engueuleur (fr) m, engueuleuse (fr) f
• Irish: argónaí m
• Italian: argomentatore (it) m, argomentatrice f
• Portuguese: discutidor m

See also

• debater

Further reading

• “arguer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “arguer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “arguer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• "arguer" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• arguer, debater at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Anagrams

• Grauer, Guerra

French

Alternative forms

• argüer (post-1990 spelling)
• arguër (rare)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arguere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɡɥe/, (proscribed) /aʁ.ɡe/

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Verb

arguer

1. to deduce (arrive at a conclusion)
2. to argue

Conjugation

Conjugation of arguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	arguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	arguant /aʁ.ɡɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		argué /aʁ.ɡɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	argue /aʁ.ɡy/	argues /aʁ.ɡy/	argue /aʁ.ɡy/	arguons /aʁ.ɡɥɔ̃/	arguez /aʁ.ɡɥe/	arguent /aʁ.ɡy/
	imperfect	arguais /aʁ.ɡɥɛ/	arguais /aʁ.ɡɥɛ/	arguait /aʁ.ɡɥɛ/	arguions /aʁ.ɡy.jɔ̃/	arguiez /aʁ.ɡy.je/	arguaient /aʁ.ɡɥɛ/
	past historic2	arguai /aʁ.ɡɥe/	arguas /aʁ.ɡɥa/	argua /aʁ.ɡɥa/	arguâmes /aʁ.ɡɥam/	arguâtes /aʁ.ɡɥat/	arguèrent /aʁ.ɡɥɛʁ/
	future	arguerai /aʁ.ɡy.ʁe/	argueras /aʁ.ɡy.ʁa/	arguera /aʁ.ɡy.ʁa/	arguerons /aʁ.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/	arguerez /aʁ.ɡy.ʁe/	argueront /aʁ.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	arguerais /aʁ.ɡy.ʁɛ/	arguerais /aʁ.ɡy.ʁɛ/	arguerait /aʁ.ɡy.ʁɛ/	arguerions /aʁ.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/	argueriez /aʁ.ɡy.ʁje/	argueraient /aʁ.ɡy.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	argue /aʁ.ɡy/	argues /aʁ.ɡy/	argue /aʁ.ɡy/	arguions /aʁ.ɡy.jɔ̃/	arguiez /aʁ.ɡy.je/	arguent /aʁ.ɡy/
	imperfect2	arguasse /aʁ.ɡɥas/	arguasses /aʁ.ɡɥas/	arguât /aʁ.ɡɥa/	arguassions /aʁ.ɡɥa.sjɔ̃/	arguassiez /aʁ.ɡɥa.sje/	arguassent /aʁ.ɡɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	argue /aʁ.ɡy/	—	arguons /aʁ.ɡɥɔ̃/	arguez /aʁ.ɡɥe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• argument

Further reading

• “arguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• urgera