fureter

French

Etymology

From furet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fyʁ.te/

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Verb

fureter

1. to ferret (around, about); to rummage
2. (Internet slang, France) to browse (a website)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il furète and the third-person singular future indicative il furètera.

Conjugation of fureter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fureter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	furetant /fyʁ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fureté /fyʁ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	furète /fy.ʁɛt/	furètes /fy.ʁɛt/	furète /fy.ʁɛt/	furetons /fyʁ.tɔ̃/	furetez /fyʁ.te/	furètent /fy.ʁɛt/
	imperfect	furetais /fyʁ.tɛ/	furetais /fyʁ.tɛ/	furetait /fyʁ.tɛ/	furetions /fy.ʁə.tjɔ̃/	furetiez /fy.ʁə.tje/	furetaient /fyʁ.tɛ/
	past historic2	furetai /fyʁ.te/	furetas /fyʁ.ta/	fureta /fyʁ.ta/	furetâmes /fyʁ.tam/	furetâtes /fyʁ.tat/	furetèrent /fyʁ.tɛʁ/
	future	furèterai /fy.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁe/	furèteras /fy.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁa/	furètera /fy.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁa/	furèterons /fy.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/	furèterez /fy.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁe/	furèteront /fy.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	furèterais /fy.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁɛ/	furèterais /fy.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁɛ/	furèterait /fy.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fy.ʁe.tʁɛ/	furèterions /fy.ʁɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fy.ʁe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	furèteriez /fy.ʁɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /fy.ʁe.tə.ʁje/	furèteraient /fy.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fy.ʁe.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	furète /fy.ʁɛt/	furètes /fy.ʁɛt/	furète /fy.ʁɛt/	furetions /fy.ʁə.tjɔ̃/	furetiez /fy.ʁə.tje/	furètent /fy.ʁɛt/
	imperfect2	furetasse /fyʁ.tas/	furetasses /fyʁ.tas/	furetât /fyʁ.ta/	furetassions /fyʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/	furetassiez /fyʁ.ta.sje/	furetassent /fyʁ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	furète /fy.ʁɛt/	—	furetons /fyʁ.tɔ̃/	furetez /fyʁ.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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• réfuter