doute

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dut/ Rhymes: -ut === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from douter. ==== Noun ==== doute m (plural doutes) doubt ===== Alternative forms ===== doûte, doubte (all obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “doute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== doute inflection of douter: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative Je doute que ce qu'il dit soit vrai. ― I doubt what he says is true. == Middle English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French doute. === Noun === doute (plural doutes) doubt ==== Related terms ==== douten ==== Descendants ==== English: doubt → Welsh: dowt == Old French == === Alternative forms === dobte, dote, doubte, dubte, dute === Etymology === Back-formation from douter. === Noun === doute oblique singular, f (oblique plural doutes, nominative singular doute, nominative plural doutes) doubt ==== Descendants ==== French: doute