foutre

French

Etymology

From Latin futuere, present active infinitive of futuō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /futʁ/

Verb

foutre

1. (transitive, 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 jacket 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 of his face]?

   Nous nous en foutons.

   We don't give a fuck (about it).

5. (transitive, vulgar) to fuck, to screw, to have sex

   Il me foutait toute la nuit.

   He fucked me all night long.

6. (reflexive, vulgar) to fuck off, to jerk off, to wank

   Va te faire foutre !

   Fuck off!

Conjugation

   Conjugation of foutre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		foutre			avoir foutu
gerund		en foutant			en ayant foutu
present participle		foutant
past participle		foutu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	fous	fous	fout	foutons	foutez	foutent
	imperfect	foutais	foutais	foutait	foutions	foutiez	foutaient
	past historic1	foutis	foutis	foutit	foutîmes	foutîtes	foutirent
	future	foutrai	foutras	foutra	foutrons	foutrez	foutront
	conditional	foutrais	foutrais	foutrait	foutrions	foutriez	foutraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	foute	foutes	foute	foutions	foutiez	foutent
	imperfect1	foutisse	foutisses	foutît	foutissions	foutissiez	foutissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	fous	—	foutons	foutez	—
1literary tenses

Interjection

foutre

1. (vulgar) bollocks!, fuck!, an exclamation of contempt.

Noun

foutre m (plural foutres)

1. (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.

Related terms

• ficher, a more polite euphemism for the verb
• se foutre de la gueule
• s'en foutre
• va te faire foutre