foutre
French
Etymology
From Old French [Term?], inherited from Latin futuere, present active infinitive of futuō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /futʁ/
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Verb
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).
- (transitive, vulgar, archaic) to fuck, to screw, to have sex
- Il m'a foutu toute la nuit.
- He fucked me all night long.
- (reflexive, vulgar) to fuck off, to jerk off, to wank
- Va te faire foutre ! ― Fuck off!
Conjugation
Conjugation of foutre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | foutant /fu.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | foutu /fu.ty/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | foutre | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | foutant /fu.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 | 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 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). | |||||||
Conjugation of se foutre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | se foutant /sə fu.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | foutu /fu.ty/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | se foutre | ||||||
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | se foutant /sə fu.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | s'étant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | 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 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). | |||||||
This verb is conjugated only in the third person.
Conjugation of foutre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | foutant /fu.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | foutu /fu.ty/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | foutre | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | foutant /fu.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 | — | — | fout /fu/ |
— | — | foutent /fut/ |
| imperfect | — | — | foutait /fu.tɛ/ |
— | — | foutaient /fu.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | — | — | foutit /fu.ti/ |
— | — | foutirent /fu.tiʁ/ | |
| future | — | — | foutra /fu.tʁa/ |
— | — | foutront /fu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | — | — | foutrait /fu.tʁɛ/ |
— | — | 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/ |
— | — | foutent /fut/ |
| imperfect2 | — | — | foutît /fu.ti/ |
— | — | foutissent /fu.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- ficher, a more polite euphemism for the verb
Descendants
- → German: foutieren
Noun
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.
- 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.
- 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage
Further reading
- “foutre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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