bouder

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bouder, from Old French bouder (“to sulk”, literally “to swell or protrude the lip”), from a root *bod- (“to swell”) (compare Walloon boder (“to swell”)), probably from Proto-Germanic *būd-, *beud-, *buzda-, *bus- (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *beu-, *bu-, *bʰew- (“to blow, swell”).

Cognate with Middle Low German buddich (“swollen”), Old Norse budda (“purse, bag”), Old Saxon būdil (“bag, purse”), Old High German būtil (“purse”) (German Beutel), English bud. More at bud, bug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.de/

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Verb

bouder

1. to sulk, pout
2. (transitive) to frown upon, to be discontented with
   • 2021, Marjolaine Solaro, Ma grossesse en 300 questions / réponses:

     La tétine est, en effet, à risque pour l'allaitement. Certains bébés en sont tellement satisfaits qu'ils en boudent un peu le sein.

     Dummies are indeed risky during breastfeeding. Some babies are so satisfied with them that they go off the breast a little.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bouder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bouder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	boudant /bu.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		boudé /bu.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	boude /bud/	boudes /bud/	boude /bud/	boudons /bu.dɔ̃/	boudez /bu.de/	boudent /bud/
	imperfect	boudais /bu.dɛ/	boudais /bu.dɛ/	boudait /bu.dɛ/	boudions /bu.djɔ̃/	boudiez /bu.dje/	boudaient /bu.dɛ/
	past historic2	boudai /bu.de/	boudas /bu.da/	bouda /bu.da/	boudâmes /bu.dam/	boudâtes /bu.dat/	boudèrent /bu.dɛʁ/
	future	bouderai /bu.dʁe/	bouderas /bu.dʁa/	boudera /bu.dʁa/	bouderons /bu.dʁɔ̃/	bouderez /bu.dʁe/	bouderont /bu.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bouderais /bu.dʁɛ/	bouderais /bu.dʁɛ/	bouderait /bu.dʁɛ/	bouderions /bu.də.ʁjɔ̃/	bouderiez /bu.də.ʁje/	bouderaient /bu.dʁɛ/
(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	boude /bud/	boudes /bud/	boude /bud/	boudions /bu.djɔ̃/	boudiez /bu.dje/	boudent /bud/
	imperfect2	boudasse /bu.das/	boudasses /bu.das/	boudât /bu.da/	boudassions /bu.da.sjɔ̃/	boudassiez /bu.da.sje/	boudassent /bu.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	boude /bud/	—	boudons /bu.dɔ̃/	boudez /bu.de/	—
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).

Synonyms

• râler
• faire la tête

Derived terms

• bouderie
• boudeur
• boudoir

Descendants

• → English: boody
• → Romanian: buda

Further reading

• “bouder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bourde

Old French

Etymology

Ultimately of imitative origin, compare Latin buttis.

Verb

bouder

1. to sulk

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of bouder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		bouder			avoir boudé
gerund		en boudant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		boudant
past participle		boudé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	bout	boudes	boude	boudons	boudez	boudent
	imperfect	boudoie, boudeie, boudoe, boudeve	boudoies, boudeies, boudoes, boudeves	boudoit, boudeit, boudot, boudeve	boudiiens, boudiens	boudiiez, boudiez	boudoient, boudeient, boudoent, boudevent
	preterite	boudai	boudas	bouda	boudames	boudastes	bouderent
	future	bouderai	bouderas	boudera	bouderons	bouderoiz, boudereiz, bouderez	bouderont
	conditional	bouderoie, boudereie	bouderoies, boudereies	bouderoit, boudereit	bouderiiens, bouderiens	bouderiiez, bouderiez	bouderoient, boudereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	bout	bouz	bout	boudons	boudez	boudent
	imperfect	boudasse	boudasses	boudast	boudissons, boudissiens	boudissoiz, boudissez, boudissiez	boudassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	boude	—	boudons	boudez	—

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bouder, supplement)