butiner

French

Etymology

From butin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /by.ti.ne/
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Verb

butiner

  1. (intransitive) to gather pollen, gather nectar
  2. (transitive) to gather (pollen)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to glean, pick up (ideas, concepts etc.)
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) to surf the internet, to browse
  5. (transitive, slang) to snog (UK), to make out with (US)

Conjugation
Conjugation of butiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple butiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple butinant
/by.ti.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle butiné
/by.ti.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present butine
/by.tin/		 butines
/by.tin/		 butine
/by.tin/		 butinons
/by.ti.nɔ̃/		 butinez
/by.ti.ne/		 butinent
/by.tin/
imperfect butinais
/by.ti.nɛ/		 butinais
/by.ti.nɛ/		 butinait
/by.ti.nɛ/		 butinions
/by.ti.njɔ̃/		 butiniez
/by.ti.nje/		 butinaient
/by.ti.nɛ/
past historic2 butinai
/by.ti.ne/		 butinas
/by.ti.na/		 butina
/by.ti.na/		 butinâmes
/by.ti.nam/		 butinâtes
/by.ti.nat/		 butinèrent
/by.ti.nɛʁ/
future butinerai
/by.tin.ʁe/		 butineras
/by.tin.ʁa/		 butinera
/by.tin.ʁa/		 butinerons
/by.tin.ʁɔ̃/		 butinerez
/by.tin.ʁe/		 butineront
/by.tin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional butinerais
/by.tin.ʁɛ/		 butinerais
/by.tin.ʁɛ/		 butinerait
/by.tin.ʁɛ/		 butinerions
/by.ti.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 butineriez
/by.ti.nə.ʁje/		 butineraient
/by.tin.ʁɛ/
(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 butine
/by.tin/		 butines
/by.tin/		 butine
/by.tin/		 butinions
/by.ti.njɔ̃/		 butiniez
/by.ti.nje/		 butinent
/by.tin/
imperfect2 butinasse
/by.ti.nas/		 butinasses
/by.ti.nas/		 butinât
/by.ti.na/		 butinassions
/by.ti.na.sjɔ̃/		 butinassiez
/by.ti.na.sje/		 butinassent
/by.ti.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — butine
/by.tin/		 — butinons
/by.ti.nɔ̃/		 butinez
/by.ti.ne/		 —
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).

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