The French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar) is the verb buter

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French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar) is the regular ER verb buter, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb buter - French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar)

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of buter, which is French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar).

• I butt, come up against, kill (familiar).
• you butted.
• he will butt, come up against, kill (familiar).
• we would butt, come up against, kill (familiar).
• they may butt, come up against, kill (familiar).

The Verb Tables of Conjugation now presented below for buter, allow you to practice your French verbs both by PRONOUN (vertically) - that is I, you, we, he, she, they etc, AND ALSO by TENSE (horizontally). Learn them both ways. Most verb tables only teach by tense, so that for example, you cannot actually learn the words for I from one tense to the other EXCEPT through learning each table by tense. In other words - a student is usually taught - I go, you go, he goes, we go, they go … BUT NOT I go, I went, I will go, I would go, I may go, I have gone etc, etc. These table allow this.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE buter
Simple Tenses buter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent butt, come up against, kill (familiar)	bute	butes	bute	butons	butez	butent
Past Imperfect Imparfait butted	butais	butais	butait	butions	butiez	butaient
Simple Past Passé Simple butted	butai	butas	buta	butâmes	butâtes	butèrent
Future Futur will butt, come up against, kill (familiar)	buterai	buteras	butera	buterons	buterez	buteront
Conditional Conditionnel would butt, come up against, kill (familiar)	buterais	buterais	buterait	buterions	buteriez	buteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may butt, come up against, kill (familiar)	bute	butes	bute	butions	butiez	butent
Compound Tenses buter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have butted	ai buté	as buté	a buté	avons buté	avez buté	ont buté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had butted	avais buté	avais buté	avait buté	avions buté	aviez buté	avaient buté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai buté	auras buté	aura buté	aurons buté	aurez buté	auront buté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have butted	aurais buté	aurais buté	aurait buté	aurions buté	auriez buté	auraient buté
Imperative Imperatif butt, come up against, kill (familiar)!		bute		butons	butez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of buter the French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
présent de l’indicatif

je bute
- I butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
tu butes
- you butt, come up against, kill (familiar) - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bute
- he, she, it, one butts
nous butons
- we butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
vous butez
- you butt, come up against, kill (familiar) (formal or plural)
ils, elles butent
- they butt, come up against, kill (familiar)

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of buter, the French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
imparfait de l’indicatif

je butais
- I butted
- I was butting
tu butais
- you butted- (familiar or informal)
- you were butting
il, elle, on butait
- he, she, it, one butted
- he, she, it, one was butting
nous butions
- we butted
- we were butting
vous butiez
- you butted- (formal or plural)
- you were butting
ils, elles butaient
- they butted
- they were butting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of buter, the French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
passé simple

je butai
- I butted
tu butas
- you butted- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on buta
- he, she, it, one butted
nous butâmes
- we butted
vous butâtes
- you butted- (formal or plural)
ils, elles butèrent
they butted
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of buter, the French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
futur

je buterai
- I will butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
tu buteras
- you will butt, come up against, kill (familiar) (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on butera
- he, she, it, one will butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
nous buterons
- we will butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
vous buterez
- you will butt, come up against, kill (familiar) (formal or plural)
ils, elles buteront
- they will butt, come up against, kill (familiar)

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Conditional Tense conjugations of buter, the French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
conditionnel

je buterais
- I would butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
tu buterais
- you would butt, come up against, kill (familiar) (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on buterait
- he, she, it, one would butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
nous buterions
- we would butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
vous buteriez
- you would butt, come up against, kill (familiar) (formal or plural)
ils, elles buteraient
- they would butt, come up against, kill (familiar)

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of buter, the French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
présent de subjonctif

que je bute
- that I may butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
que tu butes
- that you may butt, come up against, kill (familiar)(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on bute
- that he, she, it, one may butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
que nous butions
- that we may butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
que vous butiez
- that you may butt, come up against, kill (familiar)(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles butent
- that they may butt, come up against, kill (familiar)

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb buter - the verb ‘to butt, come up against, kill (familiar)’ in French

Past Participle of buter is:
buté -butted.

These past tenses are all made using the tenses of avoir (to have) and the past participle. Being made of two parts they are called 'compound'.

• I have butted
• you had butted
• he will have butted
• we would have butted

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of buter - French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
passé composé

Here’s the French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar) conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai buté
- I have butted or I did butt, come up against, kill (familiar) or
- I butted
tu as buté
- you have butted or you did butt, come up against, kill (familiar) - (familiar or informal) or
- you butted
il, elle, on a buté
- he, she, it, one has butt, come up against, kill (familiar) or did butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
- he, she, it butted
nous avons buté
- we have butted or we did butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
- we butted
vous avez buté
- you have butted or you did butt, come up against, kill (familiar) (formal or plural) or
- or we butted
ils, elles ont buté
- they have butted or they did butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
- they butted

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of buter - butt, come up against, kill (familiar) in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -butt, come up against, kill (familiar) conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais buté
- I had butted
tu avais buté
- you had butted- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait buté
- he, she, it, one had butted
nous avions buté
- we had butted
vous aviez buté
- you had butted (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient buté
- they had butted

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of buter, the French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
futur antérieur

j’aurai buté
- I will have
tu auras buté
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura buté
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons buté
- we will have
vous aurez buté
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront buté
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of buter, the French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
conditionnel passé

j’aurais buté
- I would have butted
tu aurais buté
- you would have butted- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait buté
- he, she, it, one would have butted
nous aurions buté
- we would have butted
vous auriez buté
- you would have butted- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient buté
- they would have butted

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Imperative Tense conjugations of buter, the French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar)
impératif

bute
- butt, come up against, kill (familiar)!
butons
- let’s butt, come up against, kill (familiar)!
butez
- butt, come up against, kill (familiar)!

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Present Participle of buter

butant - butting

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like buter the French for butt, come up against, kill (familiar)

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