foetter

See also: fötter

Middle French

Alternative forms

• foëter

Verb

foetter

1. to whip

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of foetter

infinitive	simple	foetter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	foettant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		foetté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	foette	foettes	foette	foettons	foettez	foettent
	imperfect	foettois, foettoys	foettois, foettoys	foettoit, foettoyt	foettions, foettyons	foettiez, foettyez	foettoient, foettoyent
	past historic	foetta	foettas	foetta	foettasmes	foettastes	foetterent
	future	foetterai, foetteray	foetteras	foettera	foetterons	foetterez	foetteront
	conditional	foetterois, foetteroys	foetterois, foetteroys	foetteroit, foetteroyt	foetterions, foetteryons	foetteriez, foetteryez	foetteroient, foetteroyent
(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	foette	foettes	foette	foettons	foettez	foettent
	imperfect	foettasse	foettasses	foettast	foettassions	foettassiez	foettassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	foette	—	foettons	foettez	—
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).

Descendants

• French: fouetter