huer

See also: Huer, hür, and Hür

English

Etymology

hue +‎ -er.

Noun

huer (plural huers)

1. One who cries out or gives an alarm.
2. A balker or conder; one who watches shoals of fish so that they can be caught.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “huer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Rhue, Ruhe, Uher, erhu

Danish

Noun

huer c

1. indefinite plural of hue

Verb

huer

1. present of hue

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French huer (“to hoot”), from Old French huer (“to shout to frighten an animal, or to release dogs for a chase”), probably from Old Norse *huta (“to shout, make a noise”). Compare Norwegian huta (“to shout, make a noise, shout commands at a dog”). More at houspiller.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /y.e/

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• Rhymes: -e

Verb

huer

1. to boo

Conjugation

Conjugation of huer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	huer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	huant /y.ɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		hué /y.e/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	hue /y/	hues /y/	hue /y/	huons /y.ɔ̃/	huez /y.e/	huent /y/
	imperfect	huais /y.ɛ/	huais /y.ɛ/	huait /y.ɛ/	huions /y.jɔ̃/	huiez /y.je/	huaient /y.ɛ/
	past historic2	huai /y.e/	huas /y.a/	hua /y.a/	huâmes /y.am/	huâtes /y.at/	huèrent /y.ɛʁ/
	future	huerai /y.ə.ʁe/	hueras /y.ə.ʁa/	huera /y.ə.ʁa/	huerons /y.ə.ʁɔ̃/	huerez /y.ə.ʁe/	hueront /y.ə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	huerais /y.ə.ʁɛ/	huerais /y.ə.ʁɛ/	huerait /y.ə.ʁɛ/	huerions /y.ə.ʁjɔ̃/	hueriez /y.ə.ʁje/	hueraient /y.ə.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	hue /y/	hues /y/	hue /y/	huions /y.jɔ̃/	huiez /y.je/	huent /y/
	imperfect2	huasse /y.as/	huasses /y.as/	huât /y.a/	huassions /y.a.sjɔ̃/	huassiez /y.a.sje/	huassent /y.as/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	hue /y/	—	huons /y.ɔ̃/	huez /y.e/	—
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).

Related terms

• huée

Further reading

• “huer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• heur, hure

Middle French

Etymology

Old French huer

Verb

huer

1. to cry out

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of huer

infinitive	simple	huer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	huant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		hué
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	hue	hues	hue	huons	huez	huent
	imperfect	huois, huoys	huois, huoys	huoit, huoyt	huions, huyons	huiez, huyez	huoient, huoyent
	past historic	hua	huas	hua	huasmes	huastes	huerent
	future	huerai, hueray	hueras	huera	huerons	huerez	hueront
	conditional	huerois, hueroys	huerois, hueroys	hueroit, hueroyt	huerions, hueryons	hueriez, hueryez	hueroient, hueroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	hue	hues	hue	huons	huez	huent
	imperfect	huasse	huasses	huast	huassions	huassiez	huassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	hue	—	huons	huez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

huer m or f

1. indefinite plural of hue (Etymology 1)

huer n

1. indefinite plural of hue (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

huer f

1. indefinite plural of hue

Old French

Etymology

Of interjectory/imitative origin, similar to the cry hue! (“cry to horses”), Dutch ju.

Verb

huer

1. to cry out

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		huer			avoir hüé
gerund		en huant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		huant
past participle		hüé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	hu	hües	hüe	huons	hüez	hüent
	imperfect	huoie, hüeie, huoe, hüeve	huoies, hüeies, huoes, hüeves	huoit, hüeit, huot, hüeve	huïiens, huïens	huïiez, huïez	huoient, hüeient, huoent, hüevent
	preterite	huai	huas	hua	huames	huastes	hüerent
	future	hüerai	hüeras	hüera	hüerons	hüeroiz, hüereiz, hüerez	hüeront
	conditional	hüeroie, hüereie	hüeroies, hüereies	hüeroit, hüereit	hüeriiens, hüeriens	hüeriiez, hüeriez	hüeroient, hüereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	hu	hus	hut	huons	hüez	hüent
	imperfect	huasse	huasses	huast	huïssons, huïssiens	huïssoiz, huïssez, huïssiez	huassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	hüe	—	huons	hüez	—