buer
See also: Buer and bür
English
Etymology
Irish.
Noun
buer (plural buers)
- (UK, archaic, slang, often derogatory) A woman, especially a sexually promiscuous one.
- 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, London: Heinemann (1947), page 28:
- “What about that polony he was with?” ¶ “She doesn't matter”, the Boy said, “She's just a buer—he gave her a half. I saw him hand it out.”
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Anagrams
- Brue, Bure, Rube, Rueb, Uber, bure, ebru, erub, rube, uber, uber-, über-
Danish
Noun
buer c
- indefinite plural of bue
Verb
buer
- present of bue
French
Etymology
Frankish *būkōn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɥe/
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Verb
buer
- (dated or regional) to wash (clothing); to do the laundry
Conjugation
Conjugation of buer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | buer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | buant /bɥɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bué /bɥe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | bue /by/ | bues /by/ | bue /by/ | buons /bɥɔ̃/ | buez /bɥe/ | buent /by/ |
| imperfect | buais /bɥɛ/ | buais /bɥɛ/ | buait /bɥɛ/ | buions /by.jɔ̃/ | buiez /by.je/ | buaient /bɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | buai /bɥe/ | buas /bɥa/ | bua /bɥa/ | buâmes /bɥam/ | buâtes /bɥat/ | buèrent /bɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | buerai /by.ʁe/ | bueras /by.ʁa/ | buera /by.ʁa/ | buerons /by.ʁɔ̃/ | buerez /by.ʁe/ | bueront /by.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | buerais /by.ʁɛ/ | buerais /by.ʁɛ/ | buerait /by.ʁɛ/ | buerions /by.ʁjɔ̃/ | bueriez /by.ʁje/ | bueraient /by.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | bue /by/ | bues /by/ | bue /by/ | buions /by.jɔ̃/ | buiez /by.je/ | buent /by/ |
| imperfect2 | buasse /bɥas/ | buasses /bɥas/ | buât /bɥa/ | buassions /bɥa.sjɔ̃/ | buassiez /bɥa.sje/ | buassent /bɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bue /by/ | — | buons /bɥɔ̃/ | buez /bɥe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “buer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Luxembourgish
Verb
buer
- second-person singular imperative of bueren
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
buer m
- indefinite plural of bue
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
buer f
- indefinite plural of bu
Old French
Etymology
Frankish *būkōn.
Verb
buer
- to wash (clean with water, etc.)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of buer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | buer | avoir büé | |||||
| gerund | en buant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | buant | ||||||
| past participle | büé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | bu | bües | büe | buons | büez | büent |
| imperfect | buoie, büeie, buoe, büeve | buoies, büeies, buoes, büeves | buoit, büeit, buot, büeve | buïiens, buïens | buïiez, buïez | buoient, büeient, buoent, büevent | |
| preterite | buai | buas | bua | buames | buastes | büerent | |
| future | büerai | büeras | büera | büerons | büeroiz, büereiz, büerez | büeront | |
| conditional | büeroie, büereie | büeroies, büereies | büeroit, büereit | büeriiens, büeriens | büeriiez, büeriez | büeroient, büereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | bu | bus | but | buons | büez | büent |
| imperfect | buasse | buasses | buast | buïssons, buïssiens | buïssoiz, buïssez, buïssiez | buassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | büe | — | buons | büez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: buer
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (buer)