bouter

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bōtan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, strike, hew”).

Cognate with Old High German bōzzan (“to beat”), Old English bēatan (“to thrash, beat”), Old Norse bauta (“to beat”). Compare also Spanish botar (“to bounce”), Italian buttare. More at beat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.te/
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Verb

bouter

  1. (dated) to push
  2. (dated) to remove flesh from the skin of an animal
  3. (dated) to pin, to nail

Conjugation

Conjugation of bouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bouter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple boutant
/bu.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bouté
/bu.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present boute
/but/ 		boutes
/but/ 		boute
/but/ 		boutons
/bu.tɔ̃/ 		boutez
/bu.te/ 		boutent
/but/
imperfect boutais
/bu.tɛ/ 		boutais
/bu.tɛ/ 		boutait
/bu.tɛ/ 		boutions
/bu.tjɔ̃/ 		boutiez
/bu.tje/ 		boutaient
/bu.tɛ/
past historic2 boutai
/bu.te/ 		boutas
/bu.ta/ 		bouta
/bu.ta/ 		boutâmes
/bu.tam/ 		boutâtes
/bu.tat/ 		boutèrent
/bu.tɛʁ/
future bouterai
/bu.tʁe/ 		bouteras
/bu.tʁa/ 		boutera
/bu.tʁa/ 		bouterons
/bu.tʁɔ̃/ 		bouterez
/bu.tʁe/ 		bouteront
/bu.tʁɔ̃/
conditional bouterais
/bu.tʁɛ/ 		bouterais
/bu.tʁɛ/ 		bouterait
/bu.tʁɛ/ 		bouterions
/bu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bouteriez
/bu.tə.ʁje/ 		bouteraient
/bu.tʁɛ/
(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 boute
/but/ 		boutes
/but/ 		boute
/but/ 		boutions
/bu.tjɔ̃/ 		boutiez
/bu.tje/ 		boutent
/but/
imperfect2 boutasse
/bu.tas/ 		boutasses
/bu.tas/ 		boutât
/bu.ta/ 		boutassions
/bu.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		boutassiez
/bu.ta.sje/ 		boutassent
/bu.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — boute
/but/ 		— boutons
/bu.tɔ̃/ 		boutez
/bu.te/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French bouter, of Germanic origin.

Verb

bouter

  1. (Jersey) to butt, collide

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *bōtan (“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan.

Verb

bouter

  1. to strike; to hit
  2. to place; to put
  3. (reflexive, se bouter) to enter (into)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of bouter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive bouter avoir bouté
gerund en boutant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle boutant
past participle bouté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present bout boutes boute boutons boutez boutent
imperfect boutoie, bouteie, boutoe, bouteve boutoies, bouteies, boutoes, bouteves boutoit, bouteit, boutot, bouteve boutiiens, boutiens boutiiez, boutiez boutoient, bouteient, boutoent, boutevent
preterite boutai boutas bouta boutames boutastes bouterent
future bouterai bouteras boutera bouterons bouteroiz, boutereiz, bouterez bouteront
conditional bouteroie, boutereie bouteroies, boutereies bouteroit, boutereit bouteriiens, bouteriens bouteriiez, bouteriez bouteroient, boutereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present bout bouz bout boutons boutez boutent
imperfect boutasse boutasses boutast boutissons, boutissiens boutissoiz, boutissez, boutissiez boutassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— boute — boutons boutez —

Descendants

  • Anglo-Norman: boter, buter
  • Middle French: bouter
  • Norman: bouter (Jèrriais), boutaïr (Guernésiais)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bouter)
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