vêtir
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French vestir, from Old French vestir, from Latin vestīre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vêtir
- (transitive, dated) to dress, to clothe
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, dated) to dress, get dressed
- Synonym: s’habiller
Conjugation edit
This is an irregular verb of the third conjugation. Unlike regular -ir verbs, this conjugation does not include the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of vêtir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | vêtir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vêtant /vɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ve.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vêtu /vɛ.ty/ or /ve.ty/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | vêts /vɛ/ |
vêts /vɛ/ |
vêt /vɛ/ |
vêtons /vɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ve.tɔ̃/ |
vêtez /vɛ.te/ or /ve.te/ |
vêtent /vɛt/ |
| imperfect | vêtais /vɛ.tɛ/ or /ve.tɛ/ |
vêtais /vɛ.tɛ/ or /ve.tɛ/ |
vêtait /vɛ.tɛ/ or /ve.tɛ/ |
vêtions /vɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ve.tjɔ̃/ |
vêtiez /vɛ.tje/ or /ve.tje/ |
vêtaient /vɛ.tɛ/ or /ve.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vêtis /vɛ.ti/ or /ve.ti/ |
vêtis /vɛ.ti/ or /ve.ti/ |
vêtit /vɛ.ti/ or /ve.ti/ |
vêtîmes /vɛ.tim/ or /ve.tim/ |
vêtîtes /vɛ.tit/ or /ve.tit/ |
vêtirent /vɛ.tiʁ/ or /ve.tiʁ/ | |
| future | vêtirai /vɛ.ti.ʁe/ or /ve.ti.ʁe/ |
vêtiras /vɛ.ti.ʁa/ or /ve.ti.ʁa/ |
vêtira /vɛ.ti.ʁa/ or /ve.ti.ʁa/ |
vêtirons /vɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /ve.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
vêtirez /vɛ.ti.ʁe/ or /ve.ti.ʁe/ |
vêtiront /vɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /ve.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vêtirais /vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ti.ʁɛ/ |
vêtirais /vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ti.ʁɛ/ |
vêtirait /vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ti.ʁɛ/ |
vêtirions /vɛ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ve.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vêtiriez /vɛ.ti.ʁje/ or /ve.ti.ʁje/ |
vêtiraient /vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ti.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 | vête /vɛt/ |
vêtes /vɛt/ |
vête /vɛt/ |
vêtions /vɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ve.tjɔ̃/ |
vêtiez /vɛ.tje/ or /ve.tje/ |
vêtent /vɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | vêtisse /vɛ.tis/ or /ve.tis/ |
vêtisses /vɛ.tis/ or /ve.tis/ |
vêtît /vɛ.ti/ or /ve.ti/ |
vêtissions /vɛ.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
vêtissiez /vɛ.ti.sje/ or /ve.ti.sje/ |
vêtissent /vɛ.tis/ or /ve.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vêts /vɛ/ |
— | vêtons /vɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ve.tɔ̃/ |
vêtez /vɛ.te/ or /ve.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “vêtir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.