bafouer

French

Etymology

An expressive formation based on an interjection of disdain made by quickly expelling air through pouted lips. (Compare Catalan baf (“puff”).)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.fwe/
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Verb

bafouer

to scorn
to flout

Conjugation

Conjugation of bafouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	bafouer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	bafouant /ba.fwɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bafoué /ba.fwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bafoue /ba.fu/	bafoues /ba.fu/	bafoue /ba.fu/	bafouons /ba.fwɔ̃/	bafouez /ba.fwe/	bafouent /ba.fu/
	imperfect	bafouais /ba.fwɛ/	bafouais /ba.fwɛ/	bafouait /ba.fwɛ/	bafouions /ba.fu.jɔ̃/	bafouiez /ba.fu.je/	bafouaient /ba.fwɛ/
	past historic²	bafouai /ba.fwe/	bafouas /ba.fwa/	bafoua /ba.fwa/	bafouâmes /ba.fwam/	bafouâtes /ba.fwat/	bafouèrent /ba.fwɛʁ/
	future	bafouerai /ba.fu.ʁe/	bafoueras /ba.fu.ʁa/	bafouera /ba.fu.ʁa/	bafouerons /ba.fu.ʁɔ̃/	bafouerez /ba.fu.ʁe/	bafoueront /ba.fu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bafouerais /ba.fu.ʁɛ/	bafouerais /ba.fu.ʁɛ/	bafouerait /ba.fu.ʁɛ/	bafouerions /ba.fu.ʁjɔ̃/	bafoueriez /ba.fu.ʁje/	bafoueraient /ba.fu.ʁɛ/
(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	bafoue /ba.fu/	bafoues /ba.fu/	bafoue /ba.fu/	bafouions /ba.fu.jɔ̃/	bafouiez /ba.fu.je/	bafouent /ba.fu/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	bafouasse /ba.fwas/	bafouasses /ba.fwas/	bafouât /ba.fwa/	bafouassions /ba.fwa.sjɔ̃/	bafouassiez /ba.fwa.sje/	bafouassent /ba.fwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	bafoue /ba.fu/	—	bafouons /ba.fwɔ̃/	bafouez /ba.fwe/	—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).