foutre

== English == === Verb === foutre (third-person singular simple present foutres, present participle foutring, simple past and past participle foutred) Alternative form of footer (“meddle or waste time”). == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French foutre (“to fuck, have sex”), from Old French fotre, inherited from Latin futuere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”). Compare Spanish joder, Portuguese foder, Italian fottere, Romanian fute and English footle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /futʁ/ === Verb === foutre (transitive, vulgar, slang) to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to fritter, to tinker (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 On s'en fout. ― We don't give a fuck (about it). (transitive, vulgar, archaic) to fuck, to screw, to have sex Synonyms: baiser, niquer (reflexive, vulgar) to fuck off, to jerk off, to wank Va te faire foutre ! ― Fuck off! ==== Usage notes ==== Use of the simple past, past anterior indicative, & pluperfect subjunctive is rare. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ficher, a more polite euphemism for the verb ==== Descendants ==== → Afrikaans: foeter → Dutch: foeteren, foetelen → English: fouter → Portuguese: futre → Switzerland German: foutieren === Noun === foutre m (plural foutres) (vulgar, slang) spunk, sperm, cum === Further reading === “foutre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012