foutu
French, adjective/fu.ty/
foutu is spelled F-O-U-T-U (5 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,136th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foutu is a French adjective meaning “done for, screwed, fucked, doomed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of foutre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hors d’usage, cassé”.
What does foutu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialdone for, screwed, fucked, doomed
T’es foutu, mec !
- 2
colloquialbroken beyond repair, destroyed
Mon ordi est foutu, je dois en acheter un nouveau mais j'ai plus un rond.
- 3
derogatoryslangfucking (as an intensifier), pesky, damned, bloody
Enlève cette foutue voiture du chemin !
- 4
derogatoryslangliable to, capable of
Il est foutu de tout casser, lui.
- 5
slang(poorly/badly) made, built, executed, devised
Ce truc est trop mal foutu, y'a rien qui fonctionne.
- 6
slang(well) built
Elle est bien foutue.
verb
- 1
past participle of foutre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Hors d’usage, cassé. 2. Dont l'avenir est compromis. 3. Fait, agencé, vêtu. 4. Utilisé pour donner une valeur péjorative et emphatique, ou au contraire admirative, au substantif qu’il accompagne.
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 foutu
- foutue feminine
- foutus masculine plural
- foutues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce foutu?
- /fu.ty/
- \fu.ty\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to foutu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is foutu in French?
foutu appears 18 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).