foutre French · revision 17429

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=1175–1180, Roman de Renart|origins=la futuō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /futʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''foutre'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French [[m|fro|foutre]], [[m|fro|fotre]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|fotre]], [[inh|la|futuō|t=to have sex with (a woman)]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|3, 924b)^(Wiktionary) Rey calls the Latin verb of unknown origin, Wiktionary traces it to [[ine-pro|*bʰew-|t=to strike]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Cognate with [[it|fottere]], [[es|joder]], [[pt|foder]] and [[ro|fute]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in the ''Roman de Renart'' (1175–1180) in the vulgar sense “to have sex with”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In this sense the verb was usual but often taboo until the late 19th century; it is now dated, replaced by ''baiser'' and ''faire l'amour''.^(DHLF 1992) ''Se faire foutre'' is recorded in 1731, and figuratively, from the early 18th century, ''envoyer quelqu'un se faire foutre'' and ''va te faire foutre'' “go to hell”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The reflexive ''se foutre de'' “not to care about, to make fun of” dates from the mid-17th century.^(TLFi)

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+ Its general senses “to do” and “to put” are recorded from the mid-18th century, especially in the revolutionary ''Père Duchesne'': ''foutre son pied'' (1789), ''foutez-lui la paix'' and ''foutre le camp'' (1790); in these uses it runs parallel to [[ficher]], which does not seem to be its euphemism.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The interjection ''foutre !'' is found in 1618, and the noun ''foutre'' “semen” in the 15th century.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1175–1180 – ''Foutre'' in the ''Roman de Renart''.^(TLFi)

+ * 15th century – The noun ''foutre'' “semen”.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * 1618 – The interjection ''foutre !''^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * Mid-17th century – ''Se foutre de''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1731 – ''Se faire foutre''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1789 – ''Foutre son pied'' somewhere.^(TLFi)

+ * 1790 – ''Foutre le camp'' and ''foutaise''.^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(vulgar, slang)'' To [[m|en|do]]: ''qu'est-ce que tu fous ?'', ''n'en avoir rien à foutre''.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''(vulgar, slang)'' To put, shove; to give: ''foutre quelque chose par terre'', ''foutre une claque''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # ''Foutre le camp'': to clear off, ''foutre la paix à quelqu'un'': to leave someone alone.^(TLFi)

+ # ''Se foutre de'': not to give a damn about; to make fun of.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(vulgar, dated)'' To have sex with.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(vulgar)'' [[m|en|semen]].^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ===Interjection===

+ # ''(dated)'' Damn!^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[foutu]]

+ * [[foutaise]]

+ * [[je-m'en-foutiste]]

+ * [[jean-foutre]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ficher]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}