foutre

French

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to fritter, to tinker
  • (transitive) to give
  • (transitive) to put on/in (quickly), to shove, to stick, to stash
  • (reflexive) to tease, to make fun of, to mock, to not take seriously or to dismiss
  • (transitive) to fuck, to screw, to have sex
  • (reflexive) to fuck off, to jerk off, to wank

Etymology

Inherited from Latin futuere derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (hit, grow, swell, become, strike, appear, wax, be, beat, bulge, inflate, blow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰew-

Gloss

hit, grow, swell, become, strike, appear, wax, be, beat, bulge, inflate, blow

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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