clouter
English
Etymology
From Middle English clowter; equivalent to clout + -er.
Noun
clouter (plural clouters)
- One who clouts or strikes.
- (slang) A thief.
- (obsolete) One who patches clothes.
Anagrams
- Coulter, cloture, clôture, coulter, lectour
French
Etymology
From clou + -er with a "t" added to aid the pronunciation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klu.te/
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Verb
clouter
- to decorate with nails; to stud
Conjugation
Conjugation of clouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | clouter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | cloutant /klu.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | clouté /klu.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | cloute /klut/ | cloutes /klut/ | cloute /klut/ | cloutons /klu.tɔ̃/ | cloutez /klu.te/ | cloutent /klut/ |
imperfect | cloutais /klu.tɛ/ | cloutais /klu.tɛ/ | cloutait /klu.tɛ/ | cloutions /klu.tjɔ̃/ | cloutiez /klu.tje/ | cloutaient /klu.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | cloutai /klu.te/ | cloutas /klu.ta/ | clouta /klu.ta/ | cloutâmes /klu.tam/ | cloutâtes /klu.tat/ | cloutèrent /klu.tɛʁ/ | |
future | clouterai /klu.tʁe/ | clouteras /klu.tʁa/ | cloutera /klu.tʁa/ | clouterons /klu.tʁɔ̃/ | clouterez /klu.tʁe/ | clouteront /klu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | clouterais /klu.tʁɛ/ | clouterais /klu.tʁɛ/ | clouterait /klu.tʁɛ/ | clouterions /klu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | clouteriez /klu.tə.ʁje/ | clouteraient /klu.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 | cloute /klut/ | cloutes /klut/ | cloute /klut/ | cloutions /klu.tjɔ̃/ | cloutiez /klu.tje/ | cloutent /klut/ |
imperfect2 | cloutasse /klu.tas/ | cloutasses /klu.tas/ | cloutât /klu.ta/ | cloutassions /klu.ta.sjɔ̃/ | cloutassiez /klu.ta.sje/ | cloutassent /klu.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cloute /klut/ | — | cloutons /klu.tɔ̃/ | cloutez /klu.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
- clouté
- clouer
Further reading
- “clouter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- clôture, clôturé