vouloir

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French voloir, voleir, from Vulgar Latin *volēre, regularization of Latin velle, volō, from Proto-Italic *welō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /vu.lwaʁ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -waʁ

VerbEdit

vouloir

  1. (transitive) to want, wish, desire
    Je veux voir le soleil.
    I want to see the sun.
    Hitler voulait la guerre, mais beaucoup n'en étaient pas conscients.
    Hitler wanted war, but many were not aware of it.
  2. (reflexive) to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem

Usage notesEdit

  • vouloir que takes the subjunctive.
  • The second-person singular and plural imperatives have alternate forms: veuille and veuillez, which have slight differences in usage. See individual articles for details.

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DescendantsEdit

  • Saint Dominican Creole French: vlé
    • Haitian Creole: vle

NounEdit

vouloir m (plural vouloirs)

  1. will

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