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Buer
Buer
German Low German
Alternative forms
Noun
Buer ? (plural Buern)
- (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) Alternative spelling of Buur : farmer
- (in some dialects, including Low Prussian, largely historical) Alternative spelling of Buur : peasant
- (in some dialects) Alternative spelling of Buur : jack (cards)
Derived terms
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buer
buer
English
Noun
buer (plural buers)
- (Britain, archaic, slang, often derogatory) A woman, especially a sexually promiscuous one.
- 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, London: Heinemann (1947), page 28:
- “What about that polony he was with?” ¶ “She doesn't matter”, the Boy said, “She's just a buer—he gave her a half. I saw him hand it out.”
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French
Etymology
Frankish *būkōn.
Verb
buer
Conjugation
Conjugation of buer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | buer | avoir bué | |||||
| gerund | en buant | en ayant bué | |||||
| present participle | buant /bɥɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bué /bɥe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bue /by/ |
bues /by/ |
bue /by/ |
buons /bɥɔ̃/ |
buez /bɥe/ |
buent /by/ |
| imperfect | buais /bɥɛ/ |
buais /bɥɛ/ |
buait /bɥɛ/ |
buions /by.jɔ̃/ |
buiez /by.je/ |
buaient /bɥɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | buai /bɥe/ |
buas /bɥa/ |
bua /bɥa/ |
buâmes /bɥam/ |
buâtes /bɥat/ |
buèrent /bɥɛʁ/ |
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| future | buerai /by.ʁe/ |
bueras /by.ʁa/ |
buera /by.ʁa/ |
buerons /by.ʁɔ̃/ |
buerez /by.ʁe/ |
bueront /by.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | buerais /by.ʁɛ/ |
buerais /by.ʁɛ/ |
buerait /by.ʁɛ/ |
buerions /by.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bueriez /by.ʁje/ |
bueraient /by.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | bue /by/ |
bues /by/ |
bue /by/ |
buions /by.jɔ̃/ |
buiez /by.je/ |
buent /by/ |
| imperfect1 |
buasse /bɥas/ |
buasses /bɥas/ |
buât /bɥa/ |
buassions /bɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
buassiez /bɥa.sje/ |
buassent /bɥas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | bue /by/ |
— | buons /bɥɔ̃/ |
buez /bɥe/ |
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Old French
Etymology
Frankish *būkōn.
Verb
buer
- to wash (clean with water, etc.)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of buer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | buer | avoir büé | |||||
| gerund | en buant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | buant | ||||||
| past participle | büé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | bu | bües | büe | buons | büez | büent |
| imperfect | buoie, büeie, buoe, büeve | buoies, büeies, buoes, büeves | buoit, büeit, buot, büeve | buïiens, buïens | buïiez, buïez | buoient, büeient, buoent, büevent | |
| preterite | buai | buas | bua | buames | buastes | büerent | |
| future | büerai | büeras | büera | büerons | büeroiz, büereiz, büerez | büeront | |
| conditional | büeroie, büereie | büeroies, büereies | büeroit, büereit | büeriiens, büeriens | büeriiez, büeriez | büeroient, büereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | bu | bus | but | buons | büez | büent |
| imperfect | buasse | buasses | buast | buïssons, buïssiens | buïssoiz, buïssez, buïssiez | buassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | büe | — | buons | büez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: buer
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (buer)