fouetter

French

Etymology

From fouet (“whip”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

fouetter

  1. (transitive) to beat with a whip
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to hit and sting like a whip
  3. (transitive) to whisk
  4. (transitive) to stimulate or urge into action
  5. (intransitive, slang) to stink

Conjugation
Conjugation of fouetter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fouetter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fouettant
/fwɛ.tɑ̃/ or /fwe.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fouetté
/fwɛ.te/ or /fwe.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fouette
/fwɛt/		 fouettes
/fwɛt/		 fouette
/fwɛt/		 fouettons
/fwɛ.tɔ̃/ or /fwe.tɔ̃/		 fouettez
/fwɛ.te/ or /fwe.te/		 fouettent
/fwɛt/
imperfect fouettais
/fwɛ.tɛ/ or /fwe.tɛ/		 fouettais
/fwɛ.tɛ/ or /fwe.tɛ/		 fouettait
/fwɛ.tɛ/ or /fwe.tɛ/		 fouettions
/fwɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /fwe.tjɔ̃/		 fouettiez
/fwɛ.tje/ or /fwe.tje/		 fouettaient
/fwɛ.tɛ/ or /fwe.tɛ/
past historic2 fouettai
/fwɛ.te/ or /fwe.te/		 fouettas
/fwɛ.ta/ or /fwe.ta/		 fouetta
/fwɛ.ta/ or /fwe.ta/		 fouettâmes
/fwɛ.tam/ or /fwe.tam/		 fouettâtes
/fwɛ.tat/ or /fwe.tat/		 fouettèrent
/fwɛ.tɛʁ/ or /fwe.tɛʁ/
future fouetterai
/fwɛ.tʁe/ or /fwe.tʁe/		 fouetteras
/fwɛ.tʁa/ or /fwe.tʁa/		 fouettera
/fwɛ.tʁa/ or /fwe.tʁa/		 fouetterons
/fwɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /fwe.tʁɔ̃/		 fouetterez
/fwɛ.tʁe/ or /fwe.tʁe/		 fouetteront
/fwɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /fwe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional fouetterais
/fwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fwe.tʁɛ/		 fouetterais
/fwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fwe.tʁɛ/		 fouetterait
/fwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fwe.tʁɛ/		 fouetterions
/fwɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fwe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 fouetteriez
/fwɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /fwe.tə.ʁje/		 fouetteraient
/fwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fwe.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 fouette
/fwɛt/		 fouettes
/fwɛt/		 fouette
/fwɛt/		 fouettions
/fwɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /fwe.tjɔ̃/		 fouettiez
/fwɛ.tje/ or /fwe.tje/		 fouettent
/fwɛt/
imperfect2 fouettasse
/fwɛ.tas/ or /fwe.tas/		 fouettasses
/fwɛ.tas/ or /fwe.tas/		 fouettât
/fwɛ.ta/ or /fwe.ta/		 fouettassions
/fwɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /fwe.ta.sjɔ̃/		 fouettassiez
/fwɛ.ta.sje/ or /fwe.ta.sje/		 fouettassent
/fwɛ.tas/ or /fwe.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fouette
/fwɛt/		 — fouettons
/fwɛ.tɔ̃/ or /fwe.tɔ̃/		 fouettez
/fwɛ.te/ or /fwe.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).

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References
  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

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Etymology

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Verb

fouetter

  1. (Jersey, transitive) to whip
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