vanter

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Noun

vanter c

  1. indefinite plural of vante

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French vanter, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin vānitāre, from Latin vānus or vānitās. Compare Italian vantare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑ̃.te/
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Verb

vanter

  1. to praise, to vaunt
  2. (reflexive) to boast, brag
    Tu te vantes beaucoup trop !
    You brag way too much!

Conjugation

Conjugation of vanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple vanter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple vantant
/vɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle vanté
/vɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present vante
/vɑ̃t/ 		vantes
/vɑ̃t/ 		vante
/vɑ̃t/ 		vantons
/vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		vantez
/vɑ̃.te/ 		vantent
/vɑ̃t/
imperfect vantais
/vɑ̃.tɛ/ 		vantais
/vɑ̃.tɛ/ 		vantait
/vɑ̃.tɛ/ 		vantions
/vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		vantiez
/vɑ̃.tje/ 		vantaient
/vɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 vantai
/vɑ̃.te/ 		vantas
/vɑ̃.ta/ 		vanta
/vɑ̃.ta/ 		vantâmes
/vɑ̃.tam/ 		vantâtes
/vɑ̃.tat/ 		vantèrent
/vɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future vanterai
/vɑ̃.tʁe/ 		vanteras
/vɑ̃.tʁa/ 		vantera
/vɑ̃.tʁa/ 		vanterons
/vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		vanterez
/vɑ̃.tʁe/ 		vanteront
/vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional vanterais
/vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		vanterais
/vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		vanterait
/vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		vanterions
/vɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vanteriez
/vɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		vanteraient
/vɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 vante
/vɑ̃t/ 		vantes
/vɑ̃t/ 		vante
/vɑ̃t/ 		vantions
/vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		vantiez
/vɑ̃.tje/ 		vantent
/vɑ̃t/
imperfect2 vantasse
/vɑ̃.tas/ 		vantasses
/vɑ̃.tas/ 		vantât
/vɑ̃.ta/ 		vantassions
/vɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		vantassiez
/vɑ̃.ta.sje/ 		vantassent
/vɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vante
/vɑ̃t/ 		— vantons
/vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		vantez
/vɑ̃.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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Noun

vanter m

  1. indefinite plural of vante

Old French

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin vānitāre, from Latin vānus or vānitās.

Alternative forms

Verb

vanter

  1. to boast
    • c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
      La senestre, selonc l'estoire,
      senefie la vainne gloire
      qui vint de fause ypocrisie.
      Et la destre, que senefie ?
      Charité, qui de sa bone oevre
      pas ne se vante, ençois la coevre[.]
      The left, according to history
      Represents vainglory
      Which comes from false hypocrisy
      And the right, what does that represent?
      Charity, which does not
      boast about its good work
Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of vanter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive vanter avoir vanté
gerund en vantant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle vantant
past participle vanté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present vant vantes vante vantons vantez vantent
imperfect vantoie, vanteie, vantoe, vanteve vantoies, vanteies, vantoes, vanteves vantoit, vanteit, vantot, vanteve vantiiens, vantiens vantiiez, vantiez vantoient, vanteient, vantoent, vantevent
preterite vantai vantas vanta vantames vantastes vanterent
future vanterai vanteras vantera vanterons vanteroiz, vantereiz, vanterez vanteront
conditional vanteroie, vantereie vanteroies, vantereies vanteroit, vantereit vanteriiens, vanteriens vanteriiez, vanteriez vanteroient, vantereient
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 vant vanz vant vantons vantez vantent
imperfect vantasse vantasses vantast vantissons, vantissiens vantissoiz, vantissez, vantissiez vantassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— vante — vantons vantez —
Descendants
  • French: vanter
  • → Middle English: vaunten

Etymology 2

vant (“wind”) +‎ -er.

Verb

vanter (third-person singular forms only)

  1. (of the wind) to blow
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