douter

From dout (“to put out”) +‎ -er.

douter (plural douters)

1. (obsolete or historical) An extinguisher for candles.

   Synonym: snuffer

• “douter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Drouet, detour, redout, routed, toured

• doubter (obsolete)
• doûter (obsolete)

Inherited from Latin dubitāre.

• IPA^(key): /du.te/

• Audio:

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douter

1. (followed by the preposition de) to doubt

   Il ne faut pas douter de la bonne foi de son interlocuteur.

   One must not doubt the intention of one's interlocutor.

   Je doute qu’il y parvienne.

   I doubt that he will manage.

   J’en doute.

   I doubt that.

2. (reflexive) to suspect, to have an inkling

   Je me doutais qu’il n’allait pas bien, mais je ne savais pas que c’était à ce point-là.

   I suspected that he was not doing well, but I did not know that it was to that degree.

   Il s’en doute bien.

   He is well aware.

Douter subordinates a subjunctive content clause when used affirmatively, but subordinates the indicative when used non-affirmatively.

• Je doute qu’il ait fait ses devoirs.

  I doubt that he finished his homework.

  (positive douter, subjunctive avoir)

• Je ne doute pas qu’il a perdu son crayon par accident.

  I don't doubt that he lost his pencil by accident.

  (negative douter, indicative avoir)

• à n’en pas douter
• ne douter de rien

• doute
• douteux

• “douter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• détour
• tordue

douter

1. Alternative form of doubter

douter

1. Alternative form of doter

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.