buer

See also: Buer and bür

English

Etymology

Irish.

Noun

buer (plural buers)

1. (UK, archaic, slang, often derogatory) A woman, especially a sexually promiscuous one.
   • 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock‎^[1], London: Heinemann (1947), page 28:

     “What about that polony he was with?” ¶ “She doesn't matter”, the Boy said, “She's just a buer—he gave her a half. I saw him hand it out.”

Anagrams

• Brue, Bure, Rube, Rueb, Uber, bure, ebru, erub, rube, uber, uber-, über-

Danish

Noun

buer c

1. indefinite plural of bue

Verb

buer

1. present of bue

French

Etymology

From Frankish *būkōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɥe/

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Verb

buer

1. (dated or regional) to wash (clothing); to do the laundry

Conjugation

Conjugation of buer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	buer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	buant /bɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bué /bɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bue /by/	bues /by/	bue /by/	buons /bɥɔ̃/	buez /bɥe/	buent /by/
	imperfect	buais /bɥɛ/	buais /bɥɛ/	buait /bɥɛ/	buions /by.jɔ̃/	buiez /by.je/	buaient /bɥɛ/
	past historic2	buai /bɥe/	buas /bɥa/	bua /bɥa/	buâmes /bɥam/	buâtes /bɥat/	buèrent /bɥɛʁ/
	future	buerai /by.ʁe/	bueras /by.ʁa/	buera /by.ʁa/	buerons /by.ʁɔ̃/	buerez /by.ʁe/	bueront /by.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	buerais /by.ʁɛ/	buerais /by.ʁɛ/	buerait /by.ʁɛ/	buerions /by.ʁjɔ̃/	bueriez /by.ʁje/	bueraient /by.ʁɛ/
(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	bue /by/	bues /by/	bue /by/	buions /by.jɔ̃/	buiez /by.je/	buent /by/
	imperfect2	buasse /bɥas/	buasses /bɥas/	buât /bɥa/	buassions /bɥa.sjɔ̃/	buassiez /bɥa.sje/	buassent /bɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bue /by/	—	buons /bɥɔ̃/	buez /bɥe/	—
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).

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Verb

buer

1. second-person singular imperative of bueren

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

buer m

1. indefinite plural of bue

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

buer f

1. indefinite plural of bu

Old French

Etymology

Frankish *būkōn.

Verb

buer

1. to wash (clean with water, etc.)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		buer			avoir büé
gerund		en buant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		buant
past participle		büé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	bu	bües	büe	buons	büez	büent
	imperfect	buoie, büeie, buoe, büeve	buoies, büeies, buoes, büeves	buoit, büeit, buot, büeve	buïiens, buïens	buïiez, buïez	buoient, büeient, buoent, büevent
	preterite	buai	buas	bua	buames	buastes	büerent
	future	büerai	büeras	büera	büerons	büeroiz, büereiz, büerez	büeront
	conditional	büeroie, büereie	büeroies, büereies	büeroit, büereit	büeriiens, büeriens	büeriiez, büeriez	büeroient, büereient
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	bu	bus	but	buons	büez	büent
	imperfect	buasse	buasses	buast	buïssons, buïssiens	buïssoiz, buïssez, buïssiez	buassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	büe	—	buons	büez	—

Descendants

• French: buer

References

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