doute

See also: douté

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dut/

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• Rhymes: -ut

Etymology 1

Deverbal from douter.

Noun

doute m (plural doutes)

1. doubt

   Il n'y avait pas le moindre doute sur l'identité de l'envahisseur.

   There wasn't the slightest doubt about the identity of the invader.

Alternative forms

• doûte, doubte (all obsolete)

Derived terms

• bénéfice du doute
• douter
• douteux
• mettre en doute
• sans aucun doute
• sans doute
• sans l'ombre d'un doute

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

doute

1. inflection of douter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

   Je doute que ce qu'il dit soit vrai. ― I doubt what he says is true.

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French doute.

Noun

doute (plural doutes)

1. doubt

Related terms

• douten

Descendants

• English: doubt
• → Welsh: dowt

Old French

Alternative forms

• dobte, dote, doubte, dubte, dute

Etymology

Back-formation from douter.

Noun

doute oblique singular, f (oblique plural doutes, nominative singular doute, nominative plural doutes)

1. doubt

Descendants

• French: doute