foutu

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fu.ty/
  • (file)

Participle

foutu (feminine foutue, masculine plural foutus, feminine plural foutues)

  1. past participle of foutre

Adjective

foutu (feminine foutue, masculine plural foutus, feminine plural foutues)

  1. (colloquial) done for, screwed, fucked, doomed
    T’es foutu !You’re fucked!
  2. (colloquial) broken beyond repair, destroyed
    Mon ordi est foutu, je dois en acheter un nouveau mais je n’ai plus un rond.
    My computer's fucked or knackered (UK); I need to buy a new one but I'm broke.
  3. (slang, derogatory, always before the noun) fucking (as an intensifier), pesky, damned, bloody
    Synonyms: satané, maudit, putain de, à la con
    Enlève cette foutue voiture du chemin !Get this fucking car out of the way!
  4. (slang, derogatory, followed by de + infinitive) liable to, capable of
    Il est foutu de tout casser.He might break everything.
    Ils n’ont même pas été foutus de ranger la cuisine.They didn't even bother to clean the kitchen.
  5. (slang, of a thing) (poorly/badly) made, built, executed, devised
    Ce truc est trop mal foutu, ya rien qui fonctionne.
    This thing's so badly made; nothing works.
  6. (slang, of a person) (well) built
    Synonyms: roulé, gaulé
    Elle est bien foutue.She has a nice figure/body.

Derived terms

Further reading

West Makian

Pronunciation

Verb

foutu

  1. (transitive, of rice) to harvest

Conjugation

Conjugation of foutu (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tofoutu mofoutu afoutu
2nd person nofoutu fofoutu
3rd person inanimate ifoutu dofoutu
animate
imperative nofoutu, foutu fofoutu, foutu

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics