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brouter
brouter
English
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/
Verb
brouter
- (transitive, intransitive) to graze; to browse
- (slang) to perform cunnilingus
Conjugation
Conjugation of brouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | brouter | avoir brouté | |||||
| gerund | en broutant | en ayant brouté | |||||
| present participle | broutant /bʁu.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | brouté /bʁu.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | broutai /bʁu.te/ |
broutas /bʁu.ta/ |
brouta /bʁu.ta/ |
broutâmes /bʁu.tam/ |
broutâtes /bʁu.tat/ |
broutèrent /bʁu.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | brouterai /bʁu.tʁe/ |
brouteras /bʁu.tʁa/ |
broutera /bʁu.tʁa/ |
brouterons /bʁu.tʁɔ̃/ |
brouterez /bʁu.tʁe/ |
brouteront /bʁu.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | brouterais /bʁu.tʁɛ/ |
brouterais /bʁu.tʁɛ/ |
brouterait /bʁu.tʁɛ/ |
brouterions /bʁu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
brouteriez /bʁu.tə.ʁje/ |
brouteraient /bʁu.tʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | broute /bʁut/ |
broutes /bʁut/ |
broute /bʁut/ |
broutions /bʁu.tjɔ̃/ |
broutiez /bʁu.tje/ |
broutent /bʁut/ |
| imperfect1 |
broutasse /bʁu.tas/ |
broutasses /bʁu.tas/ |
broutât /bʁu.ta/ |
broutassions /bʁu.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
broutassiez /bʁu.ta.sje/ |
broutassent /bʁu.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | broute /bʁut/ |
— | broutons /bʁu.tɔ̃/ |
broutez /bʁu.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||