veiller

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French veiller, veigler, from Old French veillier, veiller, from Vulgar Latin *viglāre, contracted from Latin vigilāre. Compare the borrowed doublet vigiler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛ.je/, /ve.je/
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Verb

veiller

  1. (intransitive) to stay up, sit up
  2. (intransitive) to keep guard, keep watch
  3. (intransitive) to look after, see to ( + à); see to it that ( + à ce que)
  4. (intransitive) to watch over (someone) ( + sur)
  5. (transitive) to keep watch over a sick person at night; to do a death wake for
  6. (intransitive, Quebec) to go out in the evening, e.g. in parties, clubs, bars…
  7. (computing) to put in standby mode

Conjugation

Conjugation of veiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple veiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple veillant
/vɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ve.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle veillé
/vɛ.je/ or /ve.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present veille
/vɛj/ 		veilles
/vɛj/ 		veille
/vɛj/ 		veillons
/vɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ve.jɔ̃/ 		veillez
/vɛ.je/ or /ve.je/ 		veillent
/vɛj/
imperfect veillais
/vɛ.jɛ/ or /ve.jɛ/ 		veillais
/vɛ.jɛ/ or /ve.jɛ/ 		veillait
/vɛ.jɛ/ or /ve.jɛ/ 		veillions
/vɛj.jɔ̃/ 		veilliez
/vɛj.je/ 		veillaient
/vɛ.jɛ/ or /ve.jɛ/
past historic2 veillai
/vɛ.je/ or /ve.je/ 		veillas
/vɛ.ja/ or /ve.ja/ 		veilla
/vɛ.ja/ or /ve.ja/ 		veillâmes
/vɛ.jam/ or /ve.jam/ 		veillâtes
/vɛ.jat/ or /ve.jat/ 		veillèrent
/vɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ve.jɛʁ/
future veillerai
/vɛj.ʁe/ 		veilleras
/vɛj.ʁa/ 		veillera
/vɛj.ʁa/ 		veillerons
/vɛj.ʁɔ̃/ 		veillerez
/vɛj.ʁe/ 		veilleront
/vɛj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional veillerais
/vɛj.ʁɛ/ 		veillerais
/vɛj.ʁɛ/ 		veillerait
/vɛj.ʁɛ/ 		veillerions
/vɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ve.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		veilleriez
/vɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ve.jə.ʁje/ 		veilleraient
/vɛj.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 veille
/vɛj/ 		veilles
/vɛj/ 		veille
/vɛj/ 		veillions
/vɛj.jɔ̃/ 		veilliez
/vɛj.je/ 		veillent
/vɛj/
imperfect2 veillasse
/vɛ.jas/ or /ve.jas/ 		veillasses
/vɛ.jas/ or /ve.jas/ 		veillât
/vɛ.ja/ or /ve.ja/ 		veillassions
/vɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		veillassiez
/vɛ.ja.sje/ or /ve.ja.sje/ 		veillassent
/vɛ.jas/ or /ve.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — veille
/vɛj/ 		— veillons
/vɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ve.jɔ̃/ 		veillez
/vɛ.je/ or /ve.je/ 		—
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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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French veillier, from Latin vigilo, vigilare.

Verb

veiller

  1. to be awake

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of veiller
infinitive simple veiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple veillant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle veillé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present veille veilles veille veillons veillez veillent
imperfect veillois, veilloys veillois, veilloys veilloit, veilloyt veillions, veillyons veilliez, veillyez veilloient, veilloyent
past historic veilla veillas veilla veillasmes veillastes veillerent
future veillerai, veilleray veilleras veillera veillerons veillerez veilleront
conditional veillerois, veilleroys veillerois, veilleroys veilleroit, veilleroyt veillerions, veilleryons veilleriez, veilleryez veilleroient, veilleroyent
(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 veille veilles veille veillons veillez veillent
imperfect veillasse veillasses veillast veillassions veillassiez veillassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — veille — veillons veillez —
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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