brouter
English
Etymology
Blend of bridge + router
Noun
brouter (plural brouters)
- (computing) A network device that acts as both a bridge and a router by routing packets for known protocols and forwarding all others, as a bridge would.
Anagrams
- boruret
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁu.te/
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Verb
brouter
- (transitive, intransitive) to graze; to browse
- (slang) to perform cunnilingus
Conjugation
Conjugation of brouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | brouter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | broutant /bʁu.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | brouté /bʁu.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | broute /bʁut/ | broutes /bʁut/ | broute /bʁut/ | broutons /bʁu.tɔ̃/ | broutez /bʁu.te/ | broutent /bʁut/ |
imperfect | broutais /bʁu.tɛ/ | broutais /bʁu.tɛ/ | broutait /bʁu.tɛ/ | broutions /bʁu.tjɔ̃/ | broutiez /bʁu.tje/ | broutaient /bʁu.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | broutai /bʁu.te/ | broutas /bʁu.ta/ | brouta /bʁu.ta/ | broutâmes /bʁu.tam/ | broutâtes /bʁu.tat/ | broutèrent /bʁu.tɛʁ/ | |
future | brouterai /bʁu.tʁe/ | brouteras /bʁu.tʁa/ | broutera /bʁu.tʁa/ | brouterons /bʁu.tʁɔ̃/ | brouterez /bʁu.tʁe/ | brouteront /bʁu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | brouterais /bʁu.tʁɛ/ | brouterais /bʁu.tʁɛ/ | brouterait /bʁu.tʁɛ/ | brouterions /bʁu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | brouteriez /bʁu.tə.ʁje/ | brouteraient /bʁu.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 | broute /bʁut/ | broutes /bʁut/ | broute /bʁut/ | broutions /bʁu.tjɔ̃/ | broutiez /bʁu.tje/ | broutent /bʁut/ |
imperfect2 | broutasse /bʁu.tas/ | broutasses /bʁu.tas/ | broutât /bʁu.ta/ | broutassions /bʁu.ta.sjɔ̃/ | broutassiez /bʁu.ta.sje/ | broutassent /bʁu.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | broute /bʁut/ | — | broutons /bʁu.tɔ̃/ | broutez /bʁu.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). |
Derived terms
- broutard
Further reading
- “brouter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- obturer