fureter

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French

Etymology

From furet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fyʁ.te/
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Verb

fureter

  1. to ferret (around, about); to rummage
  2. (Internet slang, France) to browse (a website)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il furète and the third-person singular future indicative il furètera.

Conjugation of fureter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fureter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple furetant
/fyʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fureté
/fyʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present furète
/fy.ʁɛt/ 		furètes
/fy.ʁɛt/ 		furète
/fy.ʁɛt/ 		furetons
/fyʁ.tɔ̃/ 		furetez
/fyʁ.te/ 		furètent
/fy.ʁɛt/
imperfect furetais
/fyʁ.tɛ/ 		furetais
/fyʁ.tɛ/ 		furetait
/fyʁ.tɛ/ 		furetions
/fy.ʁə.tjɔ̃/ 		furetiez
/fy.ʁə.tje/ 		furetaient
/fyʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 furetai
/fyʁ.te/ 		furetas
/fyʁ.ta/ 		fureta
/fyʁ.ta/ 		furetâmes
/fyʁ.tam/ 		furetâtes
/fyʁ.tat/ 		furetèrent
/fyʁ.tɛʁ/
future furèterai
/fy.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁe/ 		furèteras
/fy.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁa/ 		furètera
/fy.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁa/ 		furèterons
/fy.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ 		furèterez
/fy.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁe/ 		furèteront
/fy.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional furèterais
/fy.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		furèterais
/fy.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		furèterait
/fy.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		furèterions
/fy.ʁɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fy.ʁe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		furèteriez
/fy.ʁɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /fy.ʁe.tə.ʁje/ 		furèteraient
/fy.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fy.ʁe.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 furète
/fy.ʁɛt/ 		furètes
/fy.ʁɛt/ 		furète
/fy.ʁɛt/ 		furetions
/fy.ʁə.tjɔ̃/ 		furetiez
/fy.ʁə.tje/ 		furètent
/fy.ʁɛt/
imperfect2 furetasse
/fyʁ.tas/ 		furetasses
/fyʁ.tas/ 		furetât
/fyʁ.ta/ 		furetassions
/fyʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		furetassiez
/fyʁ.ta.sje/ 		furetassent
/fyʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — furète
/fy.ʁɛt/ 		— furetons
/fyʁ.tɔ̃/ 		furetez
/fyʁ.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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