French

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter (to strike, push), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bōtan (to push, strike, beat), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (to beat), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (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 (to bounce), Italian buttare. More at beat.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /bu.te/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

edit

bouter

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

Conjugation

edit

Derived terms

edit

Further reading

edit

Anagrams

edit

Norman

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old French bouter, of Germanic origin.

Verb

edit

bouter

  1. (Jersey) to butt, collide

Old French

edit

Alternative forms

edit
  • boter(please verify) {{{2}}}

Etymology

edit

From Frankish *bōtan (to beat), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan.

Verb

edit

bouter

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

Conjugation

edit

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.

Descendants

edit
  • Anglo-Norman: boter, buter
  • Middle French: bouter
  • Norman: bouter (Jèrriais), boutaïr (Guernésiais)

References

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