vouer
French
Etymology
From Old French voer, vuer, from Late Latin vōtāre, denominal from vōtum; hence equivalent to vœu + -er. Doublet of voter (from English). Compare also Italian votare, Spanish and Portuguese votar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vwe/, /vu.e/
Audio (France (Somain)): (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: vouai, voué, vouée, vouées, voués, vouez
Verb
vouer
Conjugation
Conjugation of vouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | vouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vouant /vwɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | voué /vwe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | voue /vu/ |
voues /vu/ |
voue /vu/ |
vouons /vwɔ̃/ |
vouez /vwe/ |
vouent /vu/ |
| imperfect | vouais /vwɛ/ |
vouais /vwɛ/ |
vouait /vwɛ/ |
vouions /vu.jɔ̃/ |
vouiez /vu.je/ |
vouaient /vwɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vouai /vwe/ |
vouas /vwa/ |
voua /vwa/ |
vouâmes /vwam/ |
vouâtes /vwat/ |
vouèrent /vwɛʁ/ | |
| future | vouerai /vu.ʁe/ |
voueras /vu.ʁa/ |
vouera /vu.ʁa/ |
vouerons /vu.ʁɔ̃/ |
vouerez /vu.ʁe/ |
voueront /vu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vouerais /vu.ʁɛ/ |
vouerais /vu.ʁɛ/ |
vouerait /vu.ʁɛ/ |
vouerions /vu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
voueriez /vu.ʁje/ |
voueraient /vu.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | voue /vu/ |
voues /vu/ |
voue /vu/ |
vouions /vu.jɔ̃/ |
vouiez /vu.je/ |
vouent /vu/ |
| imperfect2 | vouasse /vwas/ |
vouasses /vwas/ |
vouât /vwa/ |
vouassions /vwa.sjɔ̃/ |
vouassiez /vwa.sje/ |
vouassent /vwas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | voue /vu/ |
— | vouons /vwɔ̃/ |
vouez /vwe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- avouer (not related)
Further reading
- “vouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.