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fouetter
fouetter
French
Verb
fouetter
- (transitive) to beat with a whip
- (transitive, intransitive) to hit and sting like a whip
- (transitive) to mix food in a rapid aerating fashion
- (transitive) to stimulate or urge into action
- (intransitive, slang) to stink
Conjugation
Conjugation of fouetter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | fouetter | avoir fouetté | |||||
| gerund | en fouettant | en ayant fouetté | |||||
| present participle | fouettant /fwɛ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fouetté /fwɛ.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 | 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/ |
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| past historic1 | fouettai /fwɛ.te/ |
fouettas /fwɛ.ta/ |
fouetta /fwɛ.ta/ |
fouettâmes /fwɛ.tam/ |
fouettâtes /fwɛ.tat/ |
fouettèrent /fwɛ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | fouetterai /fwɛ.tʁe/ |
fouetteras /fwɛ.tʁa/ |
fouettera /fwɛ.tʁa/ |
fouetterons /fwɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
fouetterez /fwɛ.tʁe/ |
fouetteront /fwɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | fouetterais /fwɛ.tʁɛ/ |
fouetterais /fwɛ.tʁɛ/ |
fouetterait /fwɛ.tʁɛ/ |
fouetterions /fwɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fouetteriez /fwɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
fouetteraient /fwɛ.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 | fouette /fwɛt/ |
fouettes /fwɛt/ |
fouette /fwɛt/ |
fouettions /fwɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
fouettiez /fwɛ.tje/ |
fouettent /fwɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
fouettasse /fwɛ.tas/ |
fouettasses /fwɛ.tas/ |
fouettât /fwɛ.ta/ |
fouettassions /fwɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
fouettassiez /fwɛ.ta.sje/ |
fouettassent /fwɛ.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 | – | |
| — | fouette /fwɛt/ |
— | fouettons /fwɛ.tɔ̃/ |
fouettez /fwɛ.te/ |
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Synonyms
- donner le fouet
- flageller
Derived terms
Terms derived from fouetter
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References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition