vaquer

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Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vaquer (feminine vaquera, masculine plural vaquers, feminine plural vaqueres)

  1. denim
    Synonym: texà

Noun

vaquer m (plural vaquers, feminine vaquera)

  1. cowherd, cowboy

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French vaquer, itself borrowed from Latin vacāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.ke/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

vaquer

  1. (archaic) to vacate
  2. (archaic) to discontinue
  3. to busy oneself with, to be occupied with
  4. to scurry about looking for food
  5. to get down to business

Conjugation

Conjugation of vaquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple vaquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple vaquant
/va.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle vaqué
/va.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present vaque
/vak/ 		vaques
/vak/ 		vaque
/vak/ 		vaquons
/va.kɔ̃/ 		vaquez
/va.ke/ 		vaquent
/vak/
imperfect vaquais
/va.kɛ/ 		vaquais
/va.kɛ/ 		vaquait
/va.kɛ/ 		vaquions
/va.kjɔ̃/ 		vaquiez
/va.kje/ 		vaquaient
/va.kɛ/
past historic2 vaquai
/va.ke/ 		vaquas
/va.ka/ 		vaqua
/va.ka/ 		vaquâmes
/va.kam/ 		vaquâtes
/va.kat/ 		vaquèrent
/va.kɛʁ/
future vaquerai
/va.kʁe/ 		vaqueras
/va.kʁa/ 		vaquera
/va.kʁa/ 		vaquerons
/va.kʁɔ̃/ 		vaquerez
/va.kʁe/ 		vaqueront
/va.kʁɔ̃/
conditional vaquerais
/va.kʁɛ/ 		vaquerais
/va.kʁɛ/ 		vaquerait
/va.kʁɛ/ 		vaquerions
/va.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vaqueriez
/va.kə.ʁje/ 		vaqueraient
/va.kʁɛ/
(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 vaque
/vak/ 		vaques
/vak/ 		vaque
/vak/ 		vaquions
/va.kjɔ̃/ 		vaquiez
/va.kje/ 		vaquent
/vak/
imperfect2 vaquasse
/va.kas/ 		vaquasses
/va.kas/ 		vaquât
/va.ka/ 		vaquassions
/va.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		vaquassiez
/va.ka.sje/ 		vaquassent
/va.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vaque
/vak/ 		— vaquons
/va.kɔ̃/ 		vaquez
/va.ke/ 		—
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).

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French vaquer.

Verb

vaquer

  1. (intransitive) (of an object) to be empty
  2. (intransitive) (of a charge, an office) to lack a holder, to be temporarily vacant
  3. (intransitive) (of a person, group of people) to be idle, to stop or suspend a regular activity, be in a state of rest
  4. (intransitive) (of a parliament, court of justice) to be in recess
  5. (transitive) to occupy one's time with something/someone, to consecrate one's time to

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of vaquer
infinitive simple vaquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple vaquant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle vaqué
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present vaque vaques vaque vaquons vaquez vaquent
imperfect vaquois, vaquoys vaquois, vaquoys vaquoit, vaquoyt vaquions, vaquyons vaquiez, vaquyez vaquoient, vaquoyent
past historic vaqua vaquas vaqua vaquasmes vaquastes vaquerent
future vaquerai, vaqueray vaqueras vaquera vaquerons vaquerez vaqueront
conditional vaquerois, vaqueroys vaquerois, vaqueroys vaqueroit, vaqueroyt vaquerions, vaqueryons vaqueriez, vaqueryez vaqueroient, vaqueroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present vaque vaques vaque vaquons vaquez vaquent
imperfect vaquasse vaquasses vaquast vaquassions vaquassiez vaquassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vaque — vaquons vaquez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).
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