foutre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin futuere, present active infinitive of futuō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /futʁ/
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Verb

foutre

  1. (transitive, vulgar, slang) to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to fritter, to tinker
    Qu'est-ce qu'elles foutent ?
    What the fuck are they doing?
  2. (transitive, slang) to give
    Fous-moi la paix ! ― Give me a break!
  3. (transitive, slang) to put on/in (quickly), to shove, to stick, to stash
    Fous-la dans ton sac. ― Stick it in your bag.
    Fous ta cagoule ! ― Get your balaclava on!
  4. (reflexive, slang) to tease, to make fun of, to mock, to not take seriously or to dismiss
    Est-ce que vous vous foutez de ma sœur ?
    Are you teasing/making fun of my sister?
    Se foutraient-ils de sa gueule ?
    Would they make fun of him?
    (literally, “Would they make fun of his face?”)
    On s'en fout. ― We don't give a fuck (about it).
  5. (transitive, vulgar, archaic) to fuck, to screw, to have sex
    Il m'a foutu toute la nuit.
    He fucked me all night long.
  6. (reflexive, vulgar) to fuck off, to jerk off, to wank
    Va te faire foutre ! ― Fuck off!

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated only in the third person.

  Conjugation of foutre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive foutre avoir foutu
gerund en foutant en ayant foutu
present participle foutant
/fu.tɑ̃/
past participle foutu
/fu.ty/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present — — fout
/fu/		 — — foutent
/fut/
imperfect — — foutait
/fu.tɛ/		 — — foutaient
/fu.tɛ/
past historic1 — — foutit
/fu.ti/		 — — foutirent
/fu.tiʁ/
future — — foutra
/fu.tʁa/		 — — foutront
/fu.tʁɔ̃/
conditional — — foutrait
/fu.tʁɛ/		 — — foutraient
/fu.tʁɛ/
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 anterior1 Use the past historic 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 je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present — — foute
/fut/		 — — foutent
/fut/
imperfect1 — — foutît
/fu.ti/		 — — foutissent
/fu.tis/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— — — — — —
1literary tenses

Derived terms

  • ficher, a more polite euphemism for the verb

Noun

foutre m (plural foutres)

  1. (vulgar, slang) spunk, sperm, cum
    • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage
      Il lui donne de violents coups de poing dans le nez, jusqu'à ce qu'elle saigne, et il continue encore, malgré qu'elle soit en sang; il décharge et mêle son foutre au sang qu'elle perd.
      He punched her violently in the nose, until it bled, and he kept going, despite the bleeding; he offloaded and mixed his cum with the blood she'd shed.

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