veoir

See also: vëoir

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • From Old French veoir, from Latin videō, vidēre.

    Verb

    veoir

    1. to see (to perceive using vision)

    Descendants

    • French: voir
      • Saint Dominican Creole French: voir
        • Haitian Creole: wè

    Old French

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

  • From Latin vidēre.

    Pronunciation

    • (archaic) IPA(key): /vəˈðei̯ɾ/
    • (classical) IPA(key): /vəˈoi̯ɾ/, (northern) /vəˈei̯ɾ/

    Verb

    veoir

    1. to see

    Conjugation

    This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem voi distinct from the unstressed stem ve, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

        Conjugation of veoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
    simple compound
    infinitive veoir avoir veü, vis
    gerund en veant, voiant gerund of avoir + past participle
    present participle veant, voiant
    past participle veü, vis
    person singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative jo tu il nos vos il
    simple
    tenses     		present voi voiz voit veons veez voient
    imperfect veoie, veeie veoies, veeies veoit, veeit veïiens, veïens veïiez, veïez veoient, veeient
    preterite vi veïs vit veïmes veïstes virent
    future verai veras vera verons veroiz, vereiz, verez veront
    conditional veroie, vereie veroies, vereies veroit, vereit veriiens, veriens veriiez, veriez veroient, vereient
    compound
    tenses     		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
    past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
    future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
    conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
    subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
    simple
    tenses     		present voie voies voie veons, voiiens, voions veez, voiiez voient
    imperfect veïsse veïsses veïst veïssons, veïssiens veïssoiz, veïssez, veïssiez veïssent
    compound
    tenses     		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nos vos –
    — voi — veons veez, vez —

    Descendants

    • Gallo: vair
    • Middle French: veoir (see there for further descendants)
    • Norman: veir
    • Picard: vir
    • Walloon: vey, vir

    Noun

    veoir oblique singular, m (oblique plural veoirs, nominative singular veoirs, nominative plural veoir)

    1. sight (capacity to see)
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