bouter

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter (“to strike, push”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bautan, *bōtan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”). Cognate with Old High German bōzzan (“to beat”), Dutch boten (“to knock, hit”), 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/ === Verb === bouter (dated) to push (dated) to remove flesh from the skin of an animal (dated) to pin, to nail ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== boute-hors m (“boom, out-rigger of a smack”) === Further reading === “bouter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === broute, brouté, tourbe == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French bouter, of Germanic origin. === Verb === bouter (Jersey) to butt, collide == Old French == === Alternative forms === boter(please verify) {{{2}}} === Etymology === From Frankish *bōtan (“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan. === Verb === bouter to strike; to hit to place; to put (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 English: butten, bouten English: butt Middle French: bouter 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)