bouter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter (to strike, push), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bōtan (to push, strike, beat), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (to beat), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (to beat, strike, hew).

Cognate with Old High German bōzzan (to beat), Old English bēatan (to thrash, beat), Old Norse bauta (to beat). Compare also Spanish botar (to bounce), Italian buttare. More at beat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.te/
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Verb

bouter

  1. (dated) to push
  2. (dated) to remove flesh from the skin of an animal
  3. (dated) to pin, to nail

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

From Old French bouter, of Germanic origin.

Verb

bouter

  1. (Jersey) to butt, collide

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *bōtan (to beat), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan.

Verb

bouter

  1. to strike; to hit
  2. to place; to put
  3. (reflexive, se bouter) to enter (into)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

  • Anglo-Norman: boter, buter
  • Middle French: bouter
  • Norman: bouter (Jèrriais), boutaïr (Guernésiais)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bouter)
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