fouetter

French

Etymology

fouet (“whip”) +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Verb

fouetter

  1. (transitive) to beat with a whip
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to hit and sting like a whip
  3. (transitive) to mix food in a rapid aerating fashion
  4. (transitive) to stimulate or urge into action
  5. (intransitive, slang) to stink

Conjugation
Conjugation of fouetter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle fouettant
/fwɛ.tɑ̃/
past participle fouetté
/fwɛ.te/
infinitive
simple fouetter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple fouettant
/fwɛ.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 fouette
/fwɛt/		 fouettes
/fwɛt/		 fouette
/fwɛt/		 fouettons
/fwɛ.tɔ̃/		 fouettez
/fwɛ.te/		 fouettent
/fwɛt/
imperfect fouettais
/fwɛ.tɛ/		 fouettais
/fwɛ.tɛ/		 fouettait
/fwɛ.tɛ/		 fouettions
/fwɛ.tjɔ̃/		 fouettiez
/fwɛ.tje/		 fouettaient
/fwɛ.tɛ/
past historic2 fouettai
/fwɛ.te/		 fouettas
/fwɛ.ta/		 fouetta
/fwɛ.ta/		 fouettâmes
/fwɛ.tam/		 fouettâtes
/fwɛ.tat/		 fouettèrent
/fwɛ.tɛʁ/
future fouetterai
/fwɛ.tʁe/		 fouetteras
/fwɛ.tʁa/		 fouettera
/fwɛ.tʁa/		 fouetterons
/fwɛ.tʁɔ̃/		 fouetterez
/fwɛ.tʁe/		 fouetteront
/fwɛ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional fouetterais
/fwɛ.tʁɛ/		 fouetterais
/fwɛ.tʁɛ/		 fouetterait
/fwɛ.tʁɛ/		 fouetterions
/fwɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 fouetteriez
/fwɛ.tə.ʁje/		 fouetteraient
/fwɛ.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 fouette
/fwɛt/		 fouettes
/fwɛt/		 fouette
/fwɛt/		 fouettions
/fwɛ.tjɔ̃/		 fouettiez
/fwɛ.tje/		 fouettent
/fwɛt/
imperfect2 fouettasse
/fwɛ.tas/		 fouettasses
/fwɛ.tas/		 fouettât
/fwɛ.ta/		 fouettassions
/fwɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 fouettassiez
/fwɛ.ta.sje/		 fouettassent
/fwɛ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fouette
/fwɛt/		 — fouettons
/fwɛ.tɔ̃/		 fouettez
/fwɛ.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).

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

Verb

fouetter

  1. (Jersey, transitive) to whip
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