clouter
French, verb/klu.te/
clouter is spelled C-L-O-U-T-E-R (7 letters). Clouter is a French verb meaning “to decorate with nails; to stud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Garnir un objet de clous pour l’orner”.
What does clouter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to decorate with nails; to stud
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Garnir un objet de clous pour l’orner. 2. Garnir un pneu de clous destinés à améliorer l’adhérence sur la glace. 3. Fixer avec de petits clous.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of clouter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- cloutant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- clouté participle past
- cloute first-person indicative present
- cloutes indicative present second-person
- cloutons first-person indicative plural
- cloutez indicative plural present
- cloutent indicative plural present
- cloutais first-person imperfect indicative
- cloutait imperfect indicative singular
- cloutions first-person imperfect indicative
- cloutiez imperfect indicative plural
- cloutaient imperfect indicative plural
- cloutai first-person historic indicative
- cloutas historic indicative past
- clouta historic indicative past
- cloutâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clouter?
- /klu.te/
- \klu.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.