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Huer
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Huer
HU'ER
,Noun.
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Huer
huer
huer
English
Noun
huer (plural huers)
- One who cries out or gives an alarm.
- A balker or conder; one who watches shoals of fish so that they can be caught.
French
Etymology
From Middle French huer (“to hoot”), from Old French huer (“to shout to frighten an animal, or to release dogs for a chase”), probably from Old Norse *huta (“to shout, make a noise”). Compare Norwegian huta (“to shout, make a noise, shout commands at a dog”). More at houspiller.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɥe/
- Rhymes: -ɥe
Verb
huer
- to boo
Conjugation
Conjugation of huer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | huer | avoir hué | |||||
| gerund | en huant | en ayant hué | |||||
| present participle | huant /ɥɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | hué /ɥe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | hue /y/ |
hues /y/ |
hue /y/ |
huons /ɥɔ̃/ |
huez /ɥe/ |
huent /y/ |
| imperfect | huais /ɥɛ/ |
huais /ɥɛ/ |
huait /ɥɛ/ |
huions /y.jɔ̃/ |
huiez /y.je/ |
huaient /ɥɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | huai /ɥe/ |
huas /ɥa/ |
hua /ɥa/ |
huâmes /ɥam/ |
huâtes /ɥat/ |
huèrent /ɥɛʁ/ |
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| future | huerai /y.ʁe/ |
hueras /y.ʁa/ |
huera /y.ʁa/ |
huerons /y.ʁɔ̃/ |
huerez /y.ʁe/ |
hueront /y.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | huerais /y.ʁɛ/ |
huerais /y.ʁɛ/ |
huerait /y.ʁɛ/ |
huerions /y.ʁjɔ̃/ |
hueriez /y.ʁje/ |
hueraient /y.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 | hue /y/ |
hues /y/ |
hue /y/ |
huions /y.jɔ̃/ |
huiez /y.je/ |
huent /y/ |
| imperfect1 |
huasse /ɥas/ |
huasses /ɥas/ |
huât /ɥa/ |
huassions /ɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
huassiez /ɥa.sje/ |
huassent /ɥas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | hue /y/ |
— | huons /ɥɔ̃/ |
huez /ɥe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Anagrams
Middle French
Verb
huer
- to cry out
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of huer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | huer | avoir hué | |||||
| gerund | en huant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | huant | ||||||
| past participle | hué | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | hue | hues | hue | huons | huez | huent |
| imperfect | huois, huoys | huois, huoys | huoit, huoyt | huions, huyons | huiez, huyez | huoient, huoyent | |
| past historic | hua | huas | hua | huasmes | huastes | huerent | |
| future | huerai, hueray | hueras | huera | huerons | huerez | hueront | |
| conditional | huerois, hueroys | huerois, hueroys | hueroit, hueroyt | huerions, hueryons | hueriez, hueryez | hueroient, hueroyent | |
| 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 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | hue | hues | hue | huons | huez | huent |
| imperfect | huasse | huasses | huast | huassions | huassiez | huassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | hue | — | huons | huez | — | ||
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
huer m, f
- indefinite plural of hue (Etymology 1)
huer n
- indefinite plural of hue (Etymology 2)
Old French
Verb
huer
- to cry out
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 huer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | huer | avoir hüé | |||||
| gerund | en huant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | huant | ||||||
| past participle | hüé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | hu | hües | hüe | huons | hüez | hüent |
| imperfect | huoie, hüeie, huoe, hüeve | huoies, hüeies, huoes, hüeves | huoit, hüeit, huot, hüeve | huïiens, huïens | huïiez, huïez | huoient, hüeient, huoent, hüevent | |
| preterite | huai | huas | hua | huames | huastes | hüerent | |
| future | hüerai | hüeras | hüera | hüerons | hüeroiz, hüereiz, hüerez | hüeront | |
| conditional | hüeroie, hüereie | hüeroies, hüereies | hüeroit, hüereit | hüeriiens, hüeriens | hüeriiez, hüeriez | hüeroient, hüereient | |
| 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 | hu | hus | hut | huons | hüez | hüent |
| imperfect | huasse | huasses | huast | huïssons, huïssiens | huïssoiz, huïssez, huïssiez | huassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | hüe | — | huons | hüez | — | ||