voler

See also: vołer

Contents

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /voˈlə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /buˈlɛ/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /voˈleɾ/

Etymology

From Old Occitan voler, from Vulgar Latin *volēre, present active infinitive of *voleō, from Classical Latin volō, velle, from Proto-Italic *welō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Verb

voler (first-person singular present vull, past participle volgut)

1. want
2. merit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of voler (second conjugation with velar infix)

infinitive			voler
present participle			volent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		volgut		volgut
		plural		volguts		volgudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vull	vols	vol	volem	voleu	volen
	imperfect	volia	volies	volia	volíem	volíeu	volien
	future	voldré	voldràs	voldrà	voldrem	voldreu	voldran
	preterite	volguí	volgueres	volgué	volguérem	volguéreu	volgueren
	conditional	voldria	voldries	voldria	voldríem	voldríeu	voldrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vulgui	vulguis	vulgui	vulguem	vulgueu	vulguin
	imperfect	volgués	volguessis	volgués	volguéssim	volguéssiu	volguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	vulgues	vulgui	vulguem	vulgueu	vulguin

Related terms

• volició

Noun

voler m (plural volers)

1. willingness
2. desire

Further reading

• “voler” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “voler” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “voler” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “voler” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin volāre, present active infinitive of volō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.le/

• audio

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Verb

voler

1. (intransitive) to fly (through the air)
2. (transitive) to fly (an aircraft)
3. (falconry, transitive) to pursue flying
4. (intransitive) to scarper, flee
5. (transitive) to steal, rob

Conjugation

Conjugation of voler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

present participle		volant /vɔ.lɑ̃/
past participle		volé /vɔ.le/
infinitive
simple		voler
compound		avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple		volant /vɔ.lɑ̃/
compound		ayant + past participle
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vole /vɔl/	voles /vɔl/	vole /vɔl/	volons /vɔ.lɔ̃/	volez /vɔ.le/	volent /vɔl/
	imperfect	volais /vɔ.lɛ/	volais /vɔ.lɛ/	volait /vɔ.lɛ/	volions /vɔ.ljɔ̃/	voliez /vɔ.lje/	volaient /vɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	volai /vɔ.le/	volas /vɔ.la/	vola /vɔ.la/	volâmes /vɔ.lam/	volâtes /vɔ.lat/	volèrent /vɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	volerai /vɔl.ʁe/	voleras /vɔl.ʁa/	volera /vɔl.ʁa/	volerons /vɔl.ʁɔ̃/	volerez /vɔl.ʁe/	voleront /vɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	volerais /vɔl.ʁɛ/	volerais /vɔl.ʁɛ/	volerait /vɔl.ʁɛ/	volerions /vɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	voleriez /vɔ.lə.ʁje/	voleraient /vɔl.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	vole /vɔl/	voles /vɔl/	vole /vɔl/	volions /vɔ.ljɔ̃/	voliez /vɔ.lje/	volent /vɔl/
	imperfect2	volasse /vɔ.las/	volasses /vɔ.las/	volât /vɔ.la/	volassions /vɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	volassiez /vɔ.la.sje/	volassent /vɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vole /vɔl/	—	volons /vɔ.lɔ̃/	volez /vɔ.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• revoler
• vol
• voleur
• qui vole un œuf vole un bœuf
• survoler

Further reading

• “voler” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• lover

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian volere, French vouloir.

Verb

voler

1. to want

Conjugation

    Conjugation of voler

infinitive		voler
participle		present	perfect
		volente	volite
active	present	simple	perfect
		vole	ha volite
	past	voleva	habeva volite
	future	volera	habera volite
	conditional	volerea	haberea volite
	imperative	vole
passive	present	simple	perfect
		es volite	ha essite volite
	past	esseva volite	habeva essite volite
	future	essera volite	habera essite volite
	conditional	esserea volite	haberea essite volite
	imperative	sia volite

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Italian

Verb

voler

1. Apocopic form of volere

Derived terms

• voler bene
• voler dire

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Ladin

Verb

voler

1. Alternative form of volei

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Latin

Verb

voler

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of volō

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French voleur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /volɛː/

Noun

voler

1. thief; robber.

   Synonym: chor

Related terms

• vol

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin volō, volāre (“fly”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Verb

voler

1. (Jersey) to steal
2. (Jersey) to fly

Derived terms

• vol (“theft”)
• voleux (“thief”)

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈɫɛ/

Etymology

From Old Occitan voler, form Vulgar Latin *volēre, present active infinitive of *voleō, from Classical Latin volō, velle.

Verb

voler

1. to want

Conjugation

    Conjugation of voler

infinitive			voler
present participle			volent
past participle			volgut
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el/ela	nosautres nos	vosautres vos	eles/elas
	present	vòli	vòles	vòl	volèm	volètz	vòlon
	imperfect	voliái	voliás	voliá	voliam	voliatz	volián
	future	voldrai	voldràs	voldrà	voldrem	voldretz	voldràn
	preterite	volguèri	volguères	volguèt	volguèrem	volguèretz	volguèron
	conditional	voldriái	voldriás	voldriá	voldriam	voldriatz	voldrián
subjunctive		ieu	tu	el/ela	nosautres nos	vosautres vos	eles/elas
	present	vòlga	vòlgas	vòlga	volgam	volgatz	vòlgan
	imperfect	volguèsse	volguèsses	volguèsse	volguèssem	volguèssetz	volguèsson
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres vos	—
		—	vòlga	—	volgam	volgatz	—

Noun

voler m (plural volers)

1. willingness
2. desire

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *volēre, variant of Latin volō, velle.

Verb

voler

1. to want, to desire
   • c. 1130, Jaufre Rudel, canso:

     Mas so qu'ieu vuelh m'es atahis [...].

     But what I desire is denied to me.

Descendants

• Catalan: voler
• Occitan: voler

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Walloon

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin volō, volāre.

Verb

voler

1. to fly

Conjugation

   —         —   Conjugation of the verb voler in Walloon   —   Codjowaedje do viebe voler e walon

infinitive			voler
gerund			volant
auxiliary			aveur
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		volé		voleye
		plural		volés		voleyes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		dji (dj')	tu (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos	vos	i (il)
	present	vole	voles	vole	volans	volez	volnut or volèt
	imperfect	voleve	voleves	voleve	volins	volîz	volint
	preterit	vola	volas	vola	volîs	volîz	volît
	future	volrè	volrès	volrè	volrans	volroz	volront
	conditional	volreu	volreus	volreut	volrins	volrîz	volrint
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos	ki vos	k' i (il)
	present	vole	voles	vole	volanxhe	volexhe	volnuxhe or volèxhe
	present	volaxhe	volaxhes	volaxhe	volinxhe	volîxhe	volinxhe
imperative		—	tu	—	dji / nos	vos	—
	affirmative		vole		volans	volez