bouter

French

Etymology

From Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), of Germanic origin, from Low Frankish bōtan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“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. More at beat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.te/

Verb

bouter

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

Conjugation

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French bouter, of Germanic origin.

Verb

bouter

  1. (Jersey) to butt, collide

Old French

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 Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— boute — boutons boutez —

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