fout

See also: főút, Fout, and FOUT

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch faute, from Old French faute. The adjectival sense developed later, replacing older foutief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑu̯t/

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• Hyphenation: fout
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Noun

fout f (plural fouten, diminutive foutje n)

1. error
2. mistake
3. fault, blame

   het is mijn fout ― I'm to blame (literally, “it's my fault”)

Derived terms

• denkfout
• drukfout
• dt-fout
• grammaticafout
• karakterfout
• rekenfout
• spellingsfout
• zetfout

Descendants

• Afrikaans: fout
• Negerhollands: faut, fout, vout
• → Papiamentu: fout
• → Sranan Tongo: fowtu
  • → Saramaccan: fóútu

Adjective

fout (comparative fouter, superlative foutst)

1. wrong
2. (colloquial) unfashionable, cheesy, inappropriate
3. (chiefly historical) active in or collaborating with far-right movements, especially Nazism

   De burgemeester van dit stadje was fout in de oorlog.

   The mayor of this town was a Nazi collaborator during the war.

Inflection

Inflection of fout
uninflected	fout
inflected	foute
comparative	fouter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		fout	fouter	het foutst het foutste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	foute	foutere	foutste
	n. sing.	fout	fouter	foutste
	plural	foute	foutere	foutste
definite		foute	foutere	foutste
partitive		fouts	fouters	—

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: fowtu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu/
• Homophones: fou, fous, foux

Verb

fout

1. third-person singular present indicative of foutre

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French foutre (“to mock”), compare Haitian Creole fout.

Verb

fout

1. to mock
2. to give (a push)

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Luxembourgish

Verb

fout

1. inflection of fouen:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative

Middle English

Noun

fout

1. Alternative form of fot

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English faute, from Anglo-Norman faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita.

Noun

fout

1. fault

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 40