bouder

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French bouder (“to sulk", literally, "to swell or protrude the lip”), from a root *bod- (“to swell”) (compare Walloon boder (“to swell”)), probably from Proto-Germanic *būd-, *beud-, *buzda-, *bus- (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *beu-, *bu-, *bʰew- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Middle Low German buddich (“swollen”), Old Norse budda (“purse, bag”), Old Saxon būdil (“bag, purse”), Old High German būtil (German Beutel, “purse”), English bud. More at bud, bug.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bouder

1. to sulk, to pout
2. (transitive) to frown upon, to be discontented with

Related terms

• bouderie
• boudeur
• boudoir

Conjugation

   Conjugation of bouder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		bouder			avoir boudé
gerund		en boudant			en ayant boudé
present participle		boudant
past participle		boudé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	boude	boudes	boude	boudons	boudez	boudent
	imperfect	boudais	boudais	boudait	boudions	boudiez	boudaient
	past historic1	boudai	boudas	bouda	boudâmes	boudâtes	boudèrent
	future	bouderai	bouderas	boudera	bouderons	bouderez	bouderont
	conditional	bouderais	bouderais	bouderait	bouderions	bouderiez	bouderaient
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	boude	boudes	boude	boudions	boudiez	boudent
	imperfect1	boudasse	boudasses	boudât	boudassions	boudassiez	boudassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	boude	—	boudons	boudez	—
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Anagrams

• bourde

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Old French

Verb

bouder

1. to sulk

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of bouder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		bouder			avoir boudé, boudez
gerund		en boudant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		boudant
past participle		boudé, boudez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	bout	bout	bout	boudons	boudez, boudés	boudent
	imperfect	boudoe, boudeie, boudoie	boudoes, boudeies, boudoies	boudot, boudeit, boudoit	boudions, boudiions	boudiez, boudiiez	boudoent, boudient, boudoient
	past historic	bouda	boudas	bouda	boudames	boudastes	bouderent
	future	bouderai	bouderas	boudera	bouderons	bouderez, boudereiz	bouderont
	conditional	bouderoe, boudereie, bouderoie	bouderoes, boudereied, bouderoied	bouderot, boudereie, bouderoie	bouderions, bouderiions	bouderiez, bouderiiez	bouderoent, boudereient, bouderoient
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 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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	bout	bout	bout	boudons	boudez	boudent
	imperfect	boudasse	boudasses	boudast	boudissons	boudissez, boudissiez	boudassent
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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	bout	—	boudons	boudez	—

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881)