brouter

English

Etymology

Blend of bridge +‎ router.

Noun

brouter (plural brouters)

1. (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

• boruret

French

Etymology

From brout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁu.te/

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Verb

brouter

1. (ambitransitive) to graze; to browse
2. (sex, slang) to perform cunnilingus

Conjugation

Conjugation of brouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	brouter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	broutant /bʁu.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		brouté /bʁu.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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/
	past historic2	broutai /bʁu.te/	broutas /bʁu.ta/	brouta /bʁu.ta/	broutâmes /bʁu.tam/	broutâtes /bʁu.tat/	broutèrent /bʁu.tɛʁ/
	future	brouterai /bʁu.tʁe/	brouteras /bʁu.tʁa/	broutera /bʁu.tʁa/	brouterons /bʁu.tʁɔ̃/	brouterez /bʁu.tʁe/	brouteront /bʁu.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	brouterais /bʁu.tʁɛ/	brouterais /bʁu.tʁɛ/	brouterait /bʁu.tʁɛ/	brouterions /bʁu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	brouteriez /bʁu.tə.ʁje/	brouteraient /bʁu.tʁɛ/
(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	broute /bʁut/	broutes /bʁut/	broute /bʁut/	broutions /bʁu.tjɔ̃/	broutiez /bʁu.tje/	broutent /bʁut/
	imperfect2	broutasse /bʁu.tas/	broutasses /bʁu.tas/	broutât /bʁu.ta/	broutassions /bʁu.ta.sjɔ̃/	broutassiez /bʁu.ta.sje/	broutassent /bʁu.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	broute /bʁut/	—	broutons /bʁu.tɔ̃/	broutez /bʁu.te/	—
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).

Derived terms

• broutard
• brouteur
• broute-minou

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• obturer