voguer
English
Etymology
vogue + -er
Noun
voguer (plural voguers)
- One who dances in the vogue style.
- 2008 March 19, Claudia La Rocco, “Voguers Take Back the Night and the Dance Stage”, in New York Times:
- The tall, elegant Mr. Burnett unfurled his limbs in the precise yet fluid phrasing employed by voguers.
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French
Etymology
Possibly from Italian vogare, itself perhaps from Latin vocō, vocāre, possibly related to Ancient Greek βαυκάλη (baukálē, “crib”), or alternatively possibly of Germanic origin (related to vogue), from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔ.ɡe/
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Verb
voguer
- (intransitive) to travel through the water
- (of a ship, or goods on a ship) to sail
- (of an animal) to swim
- (of rowers) to row
Conjugation
Conjugation of voguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | voguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | voguant /vɔ.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vogué /vɔ.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | vogue /vɔɡ/ | vogues /vɔɡ/ | vogue /vɔɡ/ | voguons /vɔ.ɡɔ̃/ | voguez /vɔ.ɡe/ | voguent /vɔɡ/ |
| imperfect | voguais /vɔ.ɡɛ/ | voguais /vɔ.ɡɛ/ | voguait /vɔ.ɡɛ/ | voguions /vɔ.ɡjɔ̃/ | voguiez /vɔ.ɡje/ | voguaient /vɔ.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | voguai /vɔ.ɡe/ | voguas /vɔ.ɡa/ | vogua /vɔ.ɡa/ | voguâmes /vɔ.ɡam/ | voguâtes /vɔ.ɡat/ | voguèrent /vɔ.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | voguerai /vɔ.ɡʁe/ | vogueras /vɔ.ɡʁa/ | voguera /vɔ.ɡʁa/ | voguerons /vɔ.ɡʁɔ̃/ | voguerez /vɔ.ɡʁe/ | vogueront /vɔ.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | voguerais /vɔ.ɡʁɛ/ | voguerais /vɔ.ɡʁɛ/ | voguerait /vɔ.ɡʁɛ/ | voguerions /vɔ.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vogueriez /vɔ.ɡə.ʁje/ | vogueraient /vɔ.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 | vogue /vɔɡ/ | vogues /vɔɡ/ | vogue /vɔɡ/ | voguions /vɔ.ɡjɔ̃/ | voguiez /vɔ.ɡje/ | voguent /vɔɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | voguasse /vɔ.ɡas/ | voguasses /vɔ.ɡas/ | voguât /vɔ.ɡa/ | voguassions /vɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ | voguassiez /vɔ.ɡa.sje/ | voguassent /vɔ.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vogue /vɔɡ/ | — | voguons /vɔ.ɡɔ̃/ | voguez /vɔ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- vogue la galère
- vogueur
See also
- ramer
Further reading
- “voguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.