foutre
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French foutre (“to fuck, have sex”), from Old French fotre, inherited from Latin futuere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”). Compare English footle.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]foutre
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to fritter, to tinker
- Qu’est-ce qu’elles foutent ?
- What the fuck are they doing?
- (transitive, slang) to give
- Fous-moi la paix ! ― Give me a break!
- (transitive, slang) to put on/in (quickly), to shove, to stick, to stash
- Fous-la dans ton sac. ― Stick it in your bag.
- Fous ta cagoule ! ― Get your balaclava on!
- (reflexive, slang) to tease, to make fun of, to mock, to not take seriously or to dismiss
- Est-ce que vous vous foutez de ma sœur ?
- Are you teasing/making fun of my sister?
- Se foutraient-ils de sa gueule ?
- Would they make fun of him?
- (literally, “Would they make fun of his face?”)
- On s’en fout. ― We don't give a fuck (about it).
- 2018, Zaz, Plume:
- Je n’ pense qu’à aujourd’hui. C’est trop tard pour hier. Je me fous de demain
- I only think about today. It's too late for yesterday. I don't give a frick about tomorrow
- (transitive, vulgar, archaic) to fuck, to screw, to have sex
- (reflexive, vulgar) to fuck off, to jerk off, to wank
- Va te faire foutre ! ― Fuck off!
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of foutre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | foutre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | foutant /fu.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | foutu /fu.ty/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | fous /fu/ |
fous /fu/ |
fout /fu/ |
foutons /fu.tɔ̃/ |
foutez /fu.te/ |
foutent /fut/ |
imperfect | foutais /fu.tɛ/ |
foutais /fu.tɛ/ |
foutait /fu.tɛ/ |
foutions /fu.tjɔ̃/ |
foutiez /fu.tje/ |
foutaient /fu.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | foutis /fu.ti/ |
foutis /fu.ti/ |
foutit /fu.ti/ |
foutîmes /fu.tim/ |
foutîtes /fu.tit/ |
foutirent /fu.tiʁ/ | |
future | foutrai /fu.tʁe/ |
foutras /fu.tʁa/ |
foutra /fu.tʁa/ |
foutrons /fu.tʁɔ̃/ |
foutrez /fu.tʁe/ |
foutront /fu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | foutrais /fu.tʁɛ/ |
foutrais /fu.tʁɛ/ |
foutrait /fu.tʁɛ/ |
foutrions /fu.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
foutriez /fu.tʁi.je/ |
foutraient /fu.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | foute /fut/ |
foutes /fut/ |
foute /fut/ |
foutions /fu.tjɔ̃/ |
foutiez /fu.tje/ |
foutent /fut/ |
imperfect2 | foutisse /fu.tis/ |
foutisses /fu.tis/ |
foutît /fu.ti/ |
foutissions /fu.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
foutissiez /fu.ti.sje/ |
foutissent /fu.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | fous /fu/ |
— | foutons /fu.tɔ̃/ |
foutez /fu.te/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Conjugation of se foutre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | se foutre | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | se foutant /sə fu.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | foutu /fu.ty/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me fous /mə fu/ |
te fous /tə fu/ |
se fout /sə fu/ |
nous foutons /nu fu.tɔ̃/ |
vous foutez /vu fu.te/ |
se foutent /sə fut/ |
imperfect | me foutais /mə fu.tɛ/ |
te foutais /tə fu.tɛ/ |
se foutait /sə fu.tɛ/ |
nous foutions /nu fu.tjɔ̃/ |
vous foutiez /vu fu.tje/ |
se foutaient /sə fu.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | me foutis /mə fu.ti/ |
te foutis /tə fu.ti/ |
se foutit /sə fu.ti/ |
nous foutîmes /nu fu.tim/ |
vous foutîtes /vu fu.tit/ |
se foutirent /sə fu.tiʁ/ | |
future | me foutrai /mə fu.tʁe/ |
te foutras /tə fu.tʁa/ |
se foutra /sə fu.tʁa/ |
nous foutrons /nu fu.tʁɔ̃/ |
vous foutrez /vu fu.tʁe/ |
se foutront /sə fu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | me foutrais /mə fu.tʁɛ/ |
te foutrais /tə fu.tʁɛ/ |
se foutrait /sə fu.tʁɛ/ |
nous foutrions /nu fu.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vous foutriez /vu fu.tʁi.je/ |
se foutraient /sə fu.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me foute /mə fut/ |
te foutes /tə fut/ |
se foute /sə fut/ |
nous foutions /nu fu.tjɔ̃/ |
vous foutiez /vu fu.tje/ |
se foutent /sə fut/ |
imperfect2 | me foutisse /mə fu.tis/ |
te foutisses /tə fu.tis/ |
se foutît /sə fu.ti/ |
nous foutissions /nu fu.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
vous foutissiez /vu fu.ti.sje/ |
se foutissent /sə fu.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | fous-toi /fu.twa/ |
— | foutons-nous /fu.tɔ̃.nu/ |
foutez-vous /fu.te.vu/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
[edit]- aller se faire foutre
- c’est l’hôpital qui se fout de la charité
- en foutre une
- fouteur
- foutre en l’air
- foutre en rogne
- foutre la merde
- foutre la paix
- foutre la pression
- foutre le camp
- foutre les boules
- foutre les chocottes
- foutre les jetons
- foutre les pieds
- foutu
- ne pas en foutre une
- ne pas en foutre une rame
- rien à foutre
- se foutre comme de l’an quarante de
- se foutre de
- se foutre de la gueule de
- tout fout le camp
- va te faire foutre
Related terms
[edit]- ficher, a more polite euphemism for the verb
Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]foutre m (plural foutres)
- (vulgar, slang) spunk, sperm, cum
- 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage:
- Il lui donne de violents coups de poing dans le nez, jusqu’à ce qu’elle saigne, et il continue encore, malgré qu’elle soit en sang; il décharge et mêle son foutre au sang qu’elle perd.
- He punched her violently in the nose, until it bled, and he kept going, despite the bleeding; he offloaded and mixed his cum with the blood she'd shed.
Further reading
[edit]- “foutre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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