volleyer

English

Etymology

From volley +‎ -er.

Noun

volleyer (plural volleyers)

1. (tennis) A player who hits volleys.

French

Etymology

From English volley +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɛ.je/ ~ /vɔ.le.je/

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Verb

volleyer

1. (transitive, sports) to volley

Conjugation

Conjugation of volleyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	volleyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	volleyant /vɔ.lɛ.jɑ̃/ or /vɔ.le.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		volleyé /vɔ.lɛ.je/ or /vɔ.le.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	volleye /vɔ.lɛj/	volleyes /vɔ.lɛj/	volleye /vɔ.lɛj/	volleyons /vɔ.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /vɔ.le.jɔ̃/	volleyez /vɔ.lɛ.je/ or /vɔ.le.je/	volleyent /vɔ.lɛj/
	imperfect	volleyais /vɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /vɔ.le.jɛ/	volleyais /vɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /vɔ.le.jɛ/	volleyait /vɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /vɔ.le.jɛ/	volleyions /vɔ.lɛj.jɔ̃/	volleyiez /vɔ.lɛj.je/	volleyaient /vɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /vɔ.le.jɛ/
	past historic2	volleyai /vɔ.lɛ.je/ or /vɔ.le.je/	volleyas /vɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /vɔ.le.ja/	volleya /vɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /vɔ.le.ja/	volleyâmes /vɔ.lɛ.jam/ or /vɔ.le.jam/	volleyâtes /vɔ.lɛ.jat/ or /vɔ.le.jat/	volleyèrent /vɔ.lɛ.jɛʁ/ or /vɔ.le.jɛʁ/
	future	volleyerai /vɔ.lɛj.ʁe/	volleyeras /vɔ.lɛj.ʁa/	volleyera /vɔ.lɛj.ʁa/	volleyerons /vɔ.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/	volleyerez /vɔ.lɛj.ʁe/	volleyeront /vɔ.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	volleyerais /vɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/	volleyerais /vɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/	volleyerait /vɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/	volleyerions /vɔ.lɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /vɔ.le.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	volleyeriez /vɔ.lɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /vɔ.le.jə.ʁje/	volleyeraient /vɔ.lɛj.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	volleye /vɔ.lɛj/	volleyes /vɔ.lɛj/	volleye /vɔ.lɛj/	volleyions /vɔ.lɛj.jɔ̃/	volleyiez /vɔ.lɛj.je/	volleyent /vɔ.lɛj/
	imperfect2	volleyasse /vɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /vɔ.le.jas/	volleyasses /vɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /vɔ.le.jas/	volleyât /vɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /vɔ.le.ja/	volleyassions /vɔ.lɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /vɔ.le.ja.sjɔ̃/	volleyassiez /vɔ.lɛ.ja.sje/ or /vɔ.le.ja.sje/	volleyassent /vɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /vɔ.le.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	volleye /vɔ.lɛj/	—	volleyons /vɔ.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /vɔ.le.jɔ̃/	volleyez /vɔ.lɛ.je/ or /vɔ.le.je/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).