bouder

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bouder, from Old French bouder (“to sulk”, literally “to swell or protrude the lip”), from a root *bod- (“to swell”) (compare Walloon boder (“to swell”)), probably from Proto-Germanic *būd-, *beud-, *buzda-, *bus- (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *beu-, *bu-, *bʰew- (“to blow, swell”).

Cognate with Middle Low German buddich (“swollen”), Old Norse budda (“purse, bag”), Old Saxon būdil (“bag, purse”), Old High German būtil (“purse”) (German Beutel), English bud. More at bud, bug.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bu.de/
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Verb

bouder

  1. to sulk, pout
  2. (transitive) to frown upon, to be discontented with
    • 2021, Marjolaine Solaro, Ma grossesse en 300 questions / réponses:
      La tétine est, en effet, à risque pour l’allaitement. Certains bébés en sont tellement satisfaits qu’ils en boudent un peu le sein.
      Dummies are indeed risky during breastfeeding. Some babies are so satisfied with them that they go off the breast a little.

Conjugation
Conjugation of bouder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bouder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple boudant
/bu.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle boudé
/bu.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present boude
/bud/		 boudes
/bud/		 boude
/bud/		 boudons
/bu.dɔ̃/		 boudez
/bu.de/		 boudent
/bud/
imperfect boudais
/bu.dɛ/		 boudais
/bu.dɛ/		 boudait
/bu.dɛ/		 boudions
/bu.djɔ̃/		 boudiez
/bu.dje/		 boudaient
/bu.dɛ/
past historic2 boudai
/bu.de/		 boudas
/bu.da/		 bouda
/bu.da/		 boudâmes
/bu.dam/		 boudâtes
/bu.dat/		 boudèrent
/bu.dɛʁ/
future bouderai
/bu.dʁe/		 bouderas
/bu.dʁa/		 boudera
/bu.dʁa/		 bouderons
/bu.dʁɔ̃/		 bouderez
/bu.dʁe/		 bouderont
/bu.dʁɔ̃/
conditional bouderais
/bu.dʁɛ/		 bouderais
/bu.dʁɛ/		 bouderait
/bu.dʁɛ/		 bouderions
/bu.də.ʁjɔ̃/		 bouderiez
/bu.də.ʁje/		 bouderaient
/bu.dʁɛ/
(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 boude
/bud/		 boudes
/bud/		 boude
/bud/		 boudions
/bu.djɔ̃/		 boudiez
/bu.dje/		 boudent
/bud/
imperfect2 boudasse
/bu.das/		 boudasses
/bu.das/		 boudât
/bu.da/		 boudassions
/bu.da.sjɔ̃/		 boudassiez
/bu.da.sje/		 boudassent
/bu.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — boude
/bud/		 — boudons
/bu.dɔ̃/		 boudez
/bu.de/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: boody
  • → Romanian: buda

Further reading

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

Ultimately of imitative origin, compare Latin buttis.

Verb

bouder

  1. to sulk

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of bouder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive bouder avoir boudé
gerund en boudant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle boudant
past participle boudé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present bout boudes boude boudons boudez boudent
imperfect boudoie, boudeie, boudoe, boudeve boudoies, boudeies, boudoes, boudeves boudoit, boudeit, boudot, boudeve boudiiens, boudiens boudiiez, boudiez boudoient, boudeient, boudoent, boudevent
preterite boudai boudas bouda boudames boudastes bouderent
future bouderai bouderas boudera bouderons bouderoiz, boudereiz, bouderez bouderont
conditional bouderoie, boudereie bouderoies, boudereies bouderoit, boudereit bouderiiens, bouderiens bouderiiez, bouderiez bouderoient, boudereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present bout bouz bout boudons boudez boudent
imperfect boudasse boudasses boudast boudissons, boudissiens boudissoiz, boudissez, boudissiez boudassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— boude — boudons boudez —

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bouder, supplement)
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