queuter

French

Etymology

queue +‎ -er (with a euphonic -t-)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kø.te/
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Verb

queuter

  1. (snooker, billiards) to push (to have the cue ball in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time)
  2. (slang) to miss, fail, screw up
  3. (vulgar) to have sex

Conjugation
Conjugation of queuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple queuter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple queutant
/kø.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle queuté
/kø.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present queute
/køt/		 queutes
/køt/		 queute
/køt/		 queutons
/kø.tɔ̃/		 queutez
/kø.te/		 queutent
/køt/
imperfect queutais
/kø.tɛ/		 queutais
/kø.tɛ/		 queutait
/kø.tɛ/		 queutions
/kø.tjɔ̃/		 queutiez
/kø.tje/		 queutaient
/kø.tɛ/
past historic2 queutai
/kø.te/		 queutas
/kø.ta/		 queuta
/kø.ta/		 queutâmes
/kø.tam/		 queutâtes
/kø.tat/		 queutèrent
/kø.tɛʁ/
future queuterai
/kø.tʁe/		 queuteras
/kø.tʁa/		 queutera
/kø.tʁa/		 queuterons
/kø.tʁɔ̃/		 queuterez
/kø.tʁe/		 queuteront
/kø.tʁɔ̃/
conditional queuterais
/kø.tʁɛ/		 queuterais
/kø.tʁɛ/		 queuterait
/kø.tʁɛ/		 queuterions
/kø.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 queuteriez
/kø.tə.ʁje/		 queuteraient
/kø.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 queute
/køt/		 queutes
/køt/		 queute
/køt/		 queutions
/kø.tjɔ̃/		 queutiez
/kø.tje/		 queutent
/køt/
imperfect2 queutasse
/kø.tas/		 queutasses
/kø.tas/		 queutât
/kø.ta/		 queutassions
/kø.ta.sjɔ̃/		 queutassiez
/kø.ta.sje/		 queutassent
/kø.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — queute
/køt/		 — queutons
/kø.tɔ̃/		 queutez
/kø.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:
  • 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).

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