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 *bheyə-, *bhau- (“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.

Verb

bouter

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of bouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		bouter			avoir bouté
gerund		en boutant			en ayant bouté
present participle		boutant
past participle		bouté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	boute	boutes	boute	boutons	boutez	boutent
	imperfect	boutais	boutais	boutait	boutions	boutiez	boutaient
	past historic1	boutai	boutas	bouta	boutâmes	boutâtes	boutèrent
	future	bouterai	bouteras	boutera	bouterons	bouterez	bouteront
	conditional	bouterais	bouterais	bouterait	bouterions	bouteriez	bouteraient
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	boute	boutes	boute	boutions	boutiez	boutent
	imperfect1	boutasse	boutasses	boutât	boutassions	boutassiez	boutassent
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	–
		—	boute	—	boutons	boutez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• broute, brouté, tourbe

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French bouter, of Germanic origins.

Verb

bouter

1. to butt

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Old French

Verb

bouter

1. to strike; to hit
2. to place; to put
3. (reflexive, se bouter) to enter (into)

Conjugation

• 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, boutez
gerund		en boutant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		boutant
past participle		bouté, boutez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	boute, bout	boutes, bouts	boute, bout	boutons	boutez, boutés	boutent
	imperfect	boutoe, bouteie, boutoie	boutoes, bouteies, boutoies	boutot, bouteit, boutoit	boutions, boutiions	boutiez, boutiiez	boutoent, boutient, boutoient
	past historic	boutai	boutas	bouta	boutames	boutastes	bouterent
	future	bouterai	bouteras	boutera	bouterons	bouterez, boutereiz	bouteront
	conditional	bouteroe, boutereie, bouteroie	bouteroes, boutereies, bouteroies	bouterot, boutereie, bouteroie	bouterions, bouteriions	bouteriez, bouteriiez	bouteroent, boutereient, bouteroient
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	boute, bout	boutes, bouts	boute, bout	boutons	boutez	boutent
	imperfect	boutasse	boutasses	boutast	boutissons	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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	boute	—	boutons	boutez	—

Descendants

• French: bouter

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881)