vaguer
English
Adjective
vaguer
- comparative form of vague: more vague
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vagor, vagārī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.ɡe/
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Verb
vaguer
- (intransitive, dated or literary) to wander, to wander aimlessly
Usage notes
Not to be confused with vaquer or voguer.
Conjugation
Conjugation of vaguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | vaguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vaguant /va.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vagué /va.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | vague /vaɡ/ | vagues /vaɡ/ | vague /vaɡ/ | vaguons /va.ɡɔ̃/ | vaguez /va.ɡe/ | vaguent /vaɡ/ |
| imperfect | vaguais /va.ɡɛ/ | vaguais /va.ɡɛ/ | vaguait /va.ɡɛ/ | vaguions /va.ɡjɔ̃/ | vaguiez /va.ɡje/ | vaguaient /va.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vaguai /va.ɡe/ | vaguas /va.ɡa/ | vagua /va.ɡa/ | vaguâmes /va.ɡam/ | vaguâtes /va.ɡat/ | vaguèrent /va.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | vaguerai /va.ɡʁe/ | vagueras /va.ɡʁa/ | vaguera /va.ɡʁa/ | vaguerons /va.ɡʁɔ̃/ | vaguerez /va.ɡʁe/ | vagueront /va.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vaguerais /va.ɡʁɛ/ | vaguerais /va.ɡʁɛ/ | vaguerait /va.ɡʁɛ/ | vaguerions /va.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vagueriez /va.ɡə.ʁje/ | vagueraient /va.ɡʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | vague /vaɡ/ | vagues /vaɡ/ | vague /vaɡ/ | vaguions /va.ɡjɔ̃/ | vaguiez /va.ɡje/ | vaguent /vaɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | vaguasse /va.ɡas/ | vaguasses /va.ɡas/ | vaguât /va.ɡa/ | vaguassions /va.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ | vaguassiez /va.ɡa.sje/ | vaguassent /va.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vague /vaɡ/ | — | vaguons /va.ɡɔ̃/ | vaguez /va.ɡe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “vaguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.