vouer
French
Etymology
From vœu; cf. also Late Latin votāre, from Latin vōtum. Compare Italian votare, Spanish and Portuguese votar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vwe/, /vu.e/
- Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: vouai, voué, vouée, vouées, voués, vouez
Verb
vouer
- to vow
- (transitive) to devote (+ à to)
- (reflexive) to devote oneself, to be devoted
Conjugation
Conjugation of vouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | vouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vouant /vwɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | voué /vwe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | voue /vu/ | voues /vu/ | voue /vu/ | vouons /vwɔ̃/ | vouez /vwe/ | vouent /vu/ |
| imperfect | vouais /vwɛ/ | vouais /vwɛ/ | vouait /vwɛ/ | vouions /vu.jɔ̃/ | vouiez /vu.je/ | vouaient /vwɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vouai /vwe/ | vouas /vwa/ | voua /vwa/ | vouâmes /vwam/ | vouâtes /vwat/ | vouèrent /vwɛʁ/ | |
| future | vouerai /vu.ʁe/ | voueras /vu.ʁa/ | vouera /vu.ʁa/ | vouerons /vu.ʁɔ̃/ | vouerez /vu.ʁe/ | voueront /vu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vouerais /vu.ʁɛ/ | vouerais /vu.ʁɛ/ | vouerait /vu.ʁɛ/ | vouerions /vu.ʁjɔ̃/ | voueriez /vu.ʁje/ | voueraient /vu.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 | voue /vu/ | voues /vu/ | voue /vu/ | vouions /vu.jɔ̃/ | vouiez /vu.je/ | vouent /vu/ |
| imperfect2 | vouasse /vwas/ | vouasses /vwas/ | vouât /vwa/ | vouassions /vwa.sjɔ̃/ | vouassiez /vwa.sje/ | vouassent /vwas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | voue /vu/ | — | vouons /vwɔ̃/ | vouez /vwe/ | — | |
| 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
- ne pas savoir à quel saint se vouer
- vouer aux gémonies
Related terms
- dévouer
Further reading
- “vouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- ouvre, ouvré