flouter

English

Etymology

From flout +‎ -er

Noun

flouter (plural flouters)

  1. A person who flouts.

French

Etymology

From flou +‎ -t- +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
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Verb

flouter

  1. (neologism) to blur
    • 2011 January, Comité permanent de l’accès à l’information, de la protection des renseignements personnels et de l’éthique, “La protection de la vie privée dans le monde numérique : Étude des répercussions sur la vie privée des systèmes d’imagerie à l’échelle de la rue”, in 40e législature, 3e session‎, Chambre des Communes Canada, retrieved 19 August 2023, page 9:
      L’assemblage des données est conçu de manière à flouter consciemment les visages de toute personne pouvant être photographiée dans le cadre de cette démarche.
      The assembly of the data is designed to deliberately blur the faces of any individual who may be photographed in this process.[1]

Conjugation
Conjugation of flouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple flouter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple floutant
/flu.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle flouté
/flu.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present floute
/flut/		 floutes
/flut/		 floute
/flut/		 floutons
/flu.tɔ̃/		 floutez
/flu.te/		 floutent
/flut/
imperfect floutais
/flu.tɛ/		 floutais
/flu.tɛ/		 floutait
/flu.tɛ/		 floutions
/flu.tjɔ̃/		 floutiez
/flu.tje/		 floutaient
/flu.tɛ/
past historic2 floutai
/flu.te/		 floutas
/flu.ta/		 flouta
/flu.ta/		 floutâmes
/flu.tam/		 floutâtes
/flu.tat/		 floutèrent
/flu.tɛʁ/
future flouterai
/flu.tʁe/		 flouteras
/flu.tʁa/		 floutera
/flu.tʁa/		 flouterons
/flu.tʁɔ̃/		 flouterez
/flu.tʁe/		 flouteront
/flu.tʁɔ̃/
conditional flouterais
/flu.tʁɛ/		 flouterais
/flu.tʁɛ/		 flouterait
/flu.tʁɛ/		 flouterions
/flu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 flouteriez
/flu.tə.ʁje/		 flouteraient
/flu.tʁɛ/
(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 floute
/flut/		 floutes
/flut/		 floute
/flut/		 floutions
/flu.tjɔ̃/		 floutiez
/flu.tje/		 floutent
/flut/
imperfect2 floutasse
/flu.tas/		 floutasses
/flu.tas/		 floutât
/flu.ta/		 floutassions
/flu.ta.sjɔ̃/		 floutassiez
/flu.ta.sje/		 floutassent
/flu.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — floute
/flut/		 — floutons
/flu.tɔ̃/		 floutez
/flu.te/		 —
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).

References
  1. Standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics (2011 January) “Mapping privacy protection in the digital world: Study of the privacy implications of street-level imaging applications”, in 40th parliament, 3rd session‎, House of Commons Canada, retrieved 19 August 2023, page 25

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French flauteur.

Noun

flouter (plural flouters)

  1. A musician who plays a flute; a flutist.

Descendants
  • English: fluter

References
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