foirer

French

Etymology

From foire (“diarrhoea, fuckup”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fwa.ʁe/
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Verb

foirer

  1. (transitive, intransitive, informal) to screw up, mess up

Conjugation
Conjugation of foirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple foirer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple foirant
/fwa.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle foiré
/fwa.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present foire
/fwaʁ/		 foires
/fwaʁ/		 foire
/fwaʁ/		 foirons
/fwa.ʁɔ̃/		 foirez
/fwa.ʁe/		 foirent
/fwaʁ/
imperfect foirais
/fwa.ʁɛ/		 foirais
/fwa.ʁɛ/		 foirait
/fwa.ʁɛ/		 foirions
/fwa.ʁjɔ̃/		 foiriez
/fwa.ʁje/		 foiraient
/fwa.ʁɛ/
past historic2 foirai
/fwa.ʁe/		 foiras
/fwa.ʁa/		 foira
/fwa.ʁa/		 foirâmes
/fwa.ʁam/		 foirâtes
/fwa.ʁat/		 foirèrent
/fwa.ʁɛʁ/
future foirerai
/fwa.ʁə.ʁe/		 foireras
/fwa.ʁə.ʁa/		 foirera
/fwa.ʁə.ʁa/		 foirerons
/fwa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 foirerez
/fwa.ʁə.ʁe/		 foireront
/fwa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional foirerais
/fwa.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 foirerais
/fwa.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 foirerait
/fwa.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 foirerions
/fwa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 foireriez
/fwa.ʁə.ʁje/		 foireraient
/fwa.ʁə.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 foire
/fwaʁ/		 foires
/fwaʁ/		 foire
/fwaʁ/		 foirions
/fwa.ʁjɔ̃/		 foiriez
/fwa.ʁje/		 foirent
/fwaʁ/
imperfect2 foirasse
/fwa.ʁas/		 foirasses
/fwa.ʁas/		 foirât
/fwa.ʁa/		 foirassions
/fwa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 foirassiez
/fwa.ʁa.sje/		 foirassent
/fwa.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — foire
/fwaʁ/		 — foirons
/fwa.ʁɔ̃/		 foirez
/fwa.ʁe/		 —
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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