foutre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French foutre (“to fuck, have sex”), from Old French fotre, inherited from Latin futuere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”). Compare English footle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /futʁ/
  • (file)

Verb

foutre

  1. (transitive, vulgar, slang) to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to fritter, to tinker
    Qu’est-ce qu’elles foutent ?
    What the fuck are they doing?
  2. (transitive, slang) to give
    Fous-moi la paix ! ― Give me a break!
  3. (transitive, slang) to put on/in (quickly), to shove, to stick, to stash
    Fous-la dans ton sac. ― Stick it in your bag.
    Fous ta cagoule ! ― Get your balaclava on!
  4. (reflexive, slang) to tease, to make fun of, to mock, to not take seriously or to dismiss
    Est-ce que vous vous foutez de ma sœur ?
    Are you teasing/making fun of my sister?
    Se foutraient-ils de sa gueule ?
    Would they make fun of him?
    (literally, “Would they make fun of his face?”)
    On s’en fout. ― We don't give a fuck (about it).
    • 2018, Zaz, Plume:
      Je n’ pense qu’à aujourd’hui. C’est trop tard pour hier. Je me fous de demain
      I only think about today. It's too late for yesterday. I don't give a frick about tomorrow
  5. (transitive, vulgar, archaic) to fuck, to screw, to have sex
    Synonyms: baiser, niquer
    On a foutu toute la nuit.
    We fucked all night long.
  6. (reflexive, vulgar) to fuck off, to jerk off, to wank
    Va te faire foutre ! ― Fuck off!

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ficher, a more polite euphemism for the verb

Descendants

  • → Afrikaans: foeter
  • → English: fouter
  • → Switzerland German: foutieren

Noun

foutre m (plural foutres)

  1. (vulgar, slang) spunk, sperm, cum
    • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage:
      Il lui donne de violents coups de poing dans le nez, jusqu’à ce qu’elle saigne, et il continue encore, malgré qu’elle soit en sang; il décharge et mêle son foutre au sang qu’elle perd.
      He punched her violently in the nose, until it bled, and he kept going, despite the bleeding; he offloaded and mixed his cum with the blood she'd shed.

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