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buter
buter
See also: bûter
French
Verb
buter
- to stop dead
- to prop up, buttress
- (figuratively) to kill
- (figuratively) to obsess; to become obsessed
Conjugation
Conjugation of buter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | buter | avoir buté | |||||
| gerund | en butant | en ayant buté | |||||
| present participle | butant /by.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | buté /by.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bute /byt/ |
butes /byt/ |
bute /byt/ |
butons /by.tɔ̃/ |
butez /by.te/ |
butent /byt/ |
| imperfect | butais /by.tɛ/ |
butais /by.tɛ/ |
butait /by.tɛ/ |
butions /by.tjɔ̃/ |
butiez /by.tje/ |
butaient /by.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | butai /by.te/ |
butas /by.ta/ |
buta /by.ta/ |
butâmes /by.tam/ |
butâtes /by.tat/ |
butèrent /by.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | buterai /by.tʁe/ |
buteras /by.tʁa/ |
butera /by.tʁa/ |
buterons /by.tʁɔ̃/ |
buterez /by.tʁe/ |
buteront /by.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | buterais /by.tʁɛ/ |
buterais /by.tʁɛ/ |
buterait /by.tʁɛ/ |
buterions /by.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
buteriez /by.tə.ʁje/ |
buteraient /by.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bute /byt/ |
butes /byt/ |
bute /byt/ |
butions /by.tjɔ̃/ |
butiez /by.tje/ |
butent /byt/ |
| imperfect1 |
butasse /by.tas/ |
butasses /by.tas/ |
butât /by.ta/ |
butassions /by.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
butassiez /by.ta.sje/ |
butassent /by.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | bute /byt/ |
— | butons /by.tɔ̃/ |
butez /by.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||