buter

See also: bûter

French

Pronunciation

Verb

buter

  1. to stop dead
  2. to prop up, buttress
  3. (figuratively) to kill
  4. (figuratively) to obsess; to become obsessed

Conjugation
Conjugation of buter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle butant
/by.tɑ̃/
past participle buté
/by.te/
infinitive
simple buter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple butant
/by.tɑ̃/
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 bute
/byt/		 butes
/byt/		 bute
/byt/		 butons
/by.tɔ̃/		 butez
/by.te/		 butent
/byt/
imperfect butais
/by.tɛ/		 butais
/by.tɛ/		 butait
/by.tɛ/		 butions
/by.tjɔ̃/		 butiez
/by.tje/		 butaient
/by.tɛ/
past historic2 butai
/by.te/		 butas
/by.ta/		 buta
/by.ta/		 butâmes
/by.tam/		 butâtes
/by.tat/		 butèrent
/by.tɛʁ/
future buterai
/by.tʁe/		 buteras
/by.tʁa/		 butera
/by.tʁa/		 buterons
/by.tʁɔ̃/		 buterez
/by.tʁe/		 buteront
/by.tʁɔ̃/
conditional buterais
/by.tʁɛ/		 buterais
/by.tʁɛ/		 buterait
/by.tʁɛ/		 buterions
/by.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 buteriez
/by.tə.ʁje/		 buteraient
/by.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 bute
/byt/		 butes
/byt/		 bute
/byt/		 butions
/by.tjɔ̃/		 butiez
/by.tje/		 butent
/byt/
imperfect2 butasse
/by.tas/		 butasses
/by.tas/		 butât
/by.ta/		 butassions
/by.ta.sjɔ̃/		 butassiez
/by.ta.sje/		 butassent
/by.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bute
/byt/		 — butons
/by.tɔ̃/		 butez
/by.te/		 —
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).

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English butere, from Proto-Germanic *buterǭ, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbutər(ə)/

Noun

buter (uncountable)

  1. butter (spread made of churned cream)

Descendants

References
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