buer
English
Etymology
Unknown origin.
Noun
buer (plural buers)
- (Britain, archaic, slang, often derogatory) A woman, especially a sexually promiscuous one.
- 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, London: Heinemann (1947), page 28:
- “What about that polony he was with?” ¶ “She doesn't matter”, the Boy said, “She's just a buer—he gave her a half. I saw him hand it out.”
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French
Etymology
Frankish *būkōn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɥe/
Conjugation
Conjugation of buer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | buant /bɥɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | bué /bɥe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | buer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | buant /bɥɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bue /by/ |
bues /by/ |
bue /by/ |
buons /bɥɔ̃/ |
buez /bɥe/ |
buent /by/ |
| imperfect | buais /bɥɛ/ |
buais /bɥɛ/ |
buait /bɥɛ/ |
buions /by.jɔ̃/ |
buiez /by.je/ |
buaient /bɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | buai /bɥe/ |
buas /bɥa/ |
bua /bɥa/ |
buâmes /bɥam/ |
buâtes /bɥat/ |
buèrent /bɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | buerai /by.ʁe/ |
bueras /by.ʁa/ |
buera /by.ʁa/ |
buerons /by.ʁɔ̃/ |
buerez /by.ʁe/ |
bueront /by.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | buerais /by.ʁɛ/ |
buerais /by.ʁɛ/ |
buerait /by.ʁɛ/ |
buerions /by.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bueriez /by.ʁje/ |
bueraient /by.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 | bue /by/ |
bues /by/ |
bue /by/ |
buions /by.jɔ̃/ |
buiez /by.je/ |
buent /by/ |
| imperfect2 | buasse /bɥas/ |
buasses /bɥas/ |
buât /bɥa/ |
buassions /bɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
buassiez /bɥa.sje/ |
buassent /bɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bue /by/ |
— | buons /bɥɔ̃/ |
buez /bɥe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “buer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Luxembourgish
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old French
Etymology
Frankish *būkōn.
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 buer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | buer | avoir büé | |||||
| gerund | en buant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | buant | ||||||
| past participle | büé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | bu | bües | büe | buons | büez | büent |
| imperfect | buoie, büeie, buoe, büeve | buoies, büeies, buoes, büeves | buoit, büeit, buot, büeve | buïiens, buïens | buïiez, buïez | buoient, büeient, buoent, büevent | |
| preterite | buai | buas | bua | buames | buastes | büerent | |
| future | büerai | büeras | büera | büerons | büeroiz, büereiz, büerez | büeront | |
| conditional | büeroie, büereie | büeroies, büereies | büeroit, büereit | büeriiens, büeriens | büeriiez, büeriez | büeroient, büereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | bu | bus | but | buons | büez | büent |
| imperfect | buasse | buasses | buast | buïssons, buïssiens | buïssoiz, buïssez, buïssiez | buassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | büe | — | buons | büez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: buer
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (buer)
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