brouter
English
Etymology
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
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁu.te/
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Verb
brouter
- (ambitransitive) to graze; to browse
- (slang) to perform cunnilingus
Conjugation
Conjugation of brouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | brouter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Further reading
- “brouter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.