veoir

See also: vëoir

Middle French

Alternative forms

• veoyr

Etymology

From Old French veoir, from Latin videō, vidēre.

Verb

veoir

1. to see (to perceive using vision)

Descendants

• French: voir
  • Saint Dominican Creole French: voir
    • Haitian Creole: wè

Old French

Alternative forms

• vedir, vedeir (archaic)
• vëoir, veir, veer, veeir

Etymology

From Latin vidēre.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /vəˈðei̯ɾ/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /vəˈoi̯ɾ/, (northern) /vəˈei̯ɾ/

Verb

veoir

1. to see

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem voi distinct from the unstressed stem ve, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of veoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		veoir			avoir veü, vis
gerund		en veant, voiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		veant, voiant
past participle		veü, vis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	voi	voiz	voit	veons	veez	voient
	imperfect	veoie, veeie	veoies, veeies	veoit, veeit	veïiens, veïens	veïiez, veïez	veoient, veeient
	preterite	vi	veïs	vit	veïmes	veïstes	virent
	future	verai	veras	vera	verons	veroiz, vereiz, verez	veront
	conditional	veroie, vereie	veroies, vereies	veroit, vereit	veriiens, veriens	veriiez, veriez	veroient, vereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	voie	voies	voie	veons, voiiens, voions	veez, voiiez	voient
	imperfect	veïsse	veïsses	veïst	veïssons, veïssiens	veïssoiz, veïssez, veïssiez	veïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	voi	—	veons	veez, vez	—

Descendants

• Gallo: vair
• Middle French: veoir (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: veir
• Picard: vir
• Walloon: vey, vir

Noun

veoir oblique singular, m (oblique plural veoirs, nominative singular veoirs, nominative plural veoir)

1. sight (capacity to see)