beurrer

French

Etymology

From beurre (“butter”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bœ.ʁe/
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Verb

beurrer

  1. to butter, to rub with butter
  2. (Canada, Quebec) to get dirty, to soil smth (or oneself, with se)
  3. (Canada, Quebec, transitive) to exaggerate, to try too hard

Conjugation
Conjugation of beurrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple beurrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple beurrant
/bœ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle beurré
/bœ.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present beurre
/bœʁ/		 beurres
/bœʁ/		 beurre
/bœʁ/		 beurrons
/bœ.ʁɔ̃/		 beurrez
/bœ.ʁe/		 beurrent
/bœʁ/
imperfect beurrais
/bœ.ʁɛ/		 beurrais
/bœ.ʁɛ/		 beurrait
/bœ.ʁɛ/		 beurrions
/bœ.ʁjɔ̃/		 beurriez
/bœ.ʁje/		 beurraient
/bœ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 beurrai
/bœ.ʁe/		 beurras
/bœ.ʁa/		 beurra
/bœ.ʁa/		 beurrâmes
/bœ.ʁam/		 beurrâtes
/bœ.ʁat/		 beurrèrent
/bœ.ʁɛʁ/
future beurrerai
/bœ.ʁə.ʁe/		 beurreras
/bœ.ʁə.ʁa/		 beurrera
/bœ.ʁə.ʁa/		 beurrerons
/bœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 beurrerez
/bœ.ʁə.ʁe/		 beurreront
/bœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional beurrerais
/bœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 beurrerais
/bœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 beurrerait
/bœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 beurrerions
/bœ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 beurreriez
/bœ.ʁə.ʁje/		 beurreraient
/bœ.ʁə.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 beurre
/bœʁ/		 beurres
/bœʁ/		 beurre
/bœʁ/		 beurrions
/bœ.ʁjɔ̃/		 beurriez
/bœ.ʁje/		 beurrent
/bœʁ/
imperfect2 beurrasse
/bœ.ʁas/		 beurrasses
/bœ.ʁas/		 beurrât
/bœ.ʁa/		 beurrassions
/bœ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 beurrassiez
/bœ.ʁa.sje/		 beurrassent
/bœ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — beurre
/bœʁ/		 — beurrons
/bœ.ʁɔ̃/		 beurrez
/bœ.ʁe/		 —
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

beurre (“butter”) +‎ -er

Verb

beurrer

  1. (Jersey) to butter
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