vêtir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French vestir, from Old French vestir, from Latin vestīre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛ.tiʁ/, /ve.tiʁ/
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Verb

vêtir

  1. (transitive, dated) to dress, to clothe
    Synonyms: habiller, fringuer
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, dated) to dress, get dressed
    Synonym: s’habiller

Conjugation

This is an irregular verb of the third conjugation. Unlike regular -ir verbs, this conjugation does not include the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of vêtir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple vêtir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple vêtant
/vɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ve.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle vêtu
/vɛ.ty/ or /ve.ty/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present vêts
/vɛ/ 		vêts
/vɛ/ 		vêt
/vɛ/ 		vêtons
/vɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ve.tɔ̃/ 		vêtez
/vɛ.te/ or /ve.te/ 		vêtent
/vɛt/
imperfect vêtais
/vɛ.tɛ/ or /ve.tɛ/ 		vêtais
/vɛ.tɛ/ or /ve.tɛ/ 		vêtait
/vɛ.tɛ/ or /ve.tɛ/ 		vêtions
/vɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ve.tjɔ̃/ 		vêtiez
/vɛ.tje/ or /ve.tje/ 		vêtaient
/vɛ.tɛ/ or /ve.tɛ/
past historic2 vêtis
/vɛ.ti/ or /ve.ti/ 		vêtis
/vɛ.ti/ or /ve.ti/ 		vêtit
/vɛ.ti/ or /ve.ti/ 		vêtîmes
/vɛ.tim/ or /ve.tim/ 		vêtîtes
/vɛ.tit/ or /ve.tit/ 		vêtirent
/vɛ.tiʁ/ or /ve.tiʁ/
future vêtirai
/vɛ.ti.ʁe/ or /ve.ti.ʁe/ 		vêtiras
/vɛ.ti.ʁa/ or /ve.ti.ʁa/ 		vêtira
/vɛ.ti.ʁa/ or /ve.ti.ʁa/ 		vêtirons
/vɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /ve.ti.ʁɔ̃/ 		vêtirez
/vɛ.ti.ʁe/ or /ve.ti.ʁe/ 		vêtiront
/vɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /ve.ti.ʁɔ̃/
conditional vêtirais
/vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ti.ʁɛ/ 		vêtirais
/vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ti.ʁɛ/ 		vêtirait
/vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ti.ʁɛ/ 		vêtirions
/vɛ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ve.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vêtiriez
/vɛ.ti.ʁje/ or /ve.ti.ʁje/ 		vêtiraient
/vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ti.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 vête
/vɛt/ 		vêtes
/vɛt/ 		vête
/vɛt/ 		vêtions
/vɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ve.tjɔ̃/ 		vêtiez
/vɛ.tje/ or /ve.tje/ 		vêtent
/vɛt/
imperfect2 vêtisse
/vɛ.tis/ or /ve.tis/ 		vêtisses
/vɛ.tis/ or /ve.tis/ 		vêtît
/vɛ.ti/ or /ve.ti/ 		vêtissions
/vɛ.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.ti.sjɔ̃/ 		vêtissiez
/vɛ.ti.sje/ or /ve.ti.sje/ 		vêtissent
/vɛ.tis/ or /ve.tis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vêts
/vɛ/ 		— vêtons
/vɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ve.tɔ̃/ 		vêtez
/vɛ.te/ or /ve.te/ 		—
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).

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