vêler

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word vêler. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word vêler, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say vêler in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word vêler you have here. The definition of the word vêler will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofvêler, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: veler

French

Etymology

From Old French veel (“calf”), whence veau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛ.le/ ~ /ve.le/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

vêler

  1. to calve (all senses)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vêler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple vêler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple vêlant
/vɛ.lɑ̃/ or /ve.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle vêlé
/vɛ.le/ or /ve.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present vêle
/vɛl/ 		vêles
/vɛl/ 		vêle
/vɛl/ 		vêlons
/vɛ.lɔ̃/ or /ve.lɔ̃/ 		vêlez
/vɛ.le/ or /ve.le/ 		vêlent
/vɛl/
imperfect vêlais
/vɛ.lɛ/ or /ve.lɛ/ 		vêlais
/vɛ.lɛ/ or /ve.lɛ/ 		vêlait
/vɛ.lɛ/ or /ve.lɛ/ 		vêlions
/vɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /ve.ljɔ̃/ 		vêliez
/vɛ.lje/ or /ve.lje/ 		vêlaient
/vɛ.lɛ/ or /ve.lɛ/
past historic2 vêlai
/vɛ.le/ or /ve.le/ 		vêlas
/vɛ.la/ or /ve.la/ 		vêla
/vɛ.la/ or /ve.la/ 		vêlâmes
/vɛ.lam/ or /ve.lam/ 		vêlâtes
/vɛ.lat/ or /ve.lat/ 		vêlèrent
/vɛ.lɛʁ/ or /ve.lɛʁ/
future vêlerai
/vɛl.ʁe/ 		vêleras
/vɛl.ʁa/ 		vêlera
/vɛl.ʁa/ 		vêlerons
/vɛl.ʁɔ̃/ 		vêlerez
/vɛl.ʁe/ 		vêleront
/vɛl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional vêlerais
/vɛl.ʁɛ/ 		vêlerais
/vɛl.ʁɛ/ 		vêlerait
/vɛl.ʁɛ/ 		vêlerions
/vɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ve.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vêleriez
/vɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ve.lə.ʁje/ 		vêleraient
/vɛl.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 vêle
/vɛl/ 		vêles
/vɛl/ 		vêle
/vɛl/ 		vêlions
/vɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /ve.ljɔ̃/ 		vêliez
/vɛ.lje/ or /ve.lje/ 		vêlent
/vɛl/
imperfect2 vêlasse
/vɛ.las/ or /ve.las/ 		vêlasses
/vɛ.las/ or /ve.las/ 		vêlât
/vɛ.la/ or /ve.la/ 		vêlassions
/vɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.la.sjɔ̃/ 		vêlassiez
/vɛ.la.sje/ or /ve.la.sje/ 		vêlassent
/vɛ.las/ or /ve.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vêle
/vɛl/ 		— vêlons
/vɛ.lɔ̃/ or /ve.lɔ̃/ 		vêlez
/vɛ.le/ or /ve.le/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia