Inherited from Old French vomir, from Vulgar Latin *vomīre, from Latin vomere.
vomir
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
| infinitive | simple | vomir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vomissant /vɔ.mi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vomi /vɔ.mi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | vomis /vɔ.mi/ |
vomis /vɔ.mi/ |
vomit /vɔ.mi/ |
vomissons /vɔ.mi.sɔ̃/ |
vomissez /vɔ.mi.se/ |
vomissent /vɔ.mis/ |
| imperfect | vomissais /vɔ.mi.sɛ/ |
vomissais /vɔ.mi.sɛ/ |
vomissait /vɔ.mi.sɛ/ |
vomissions /vɔ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
vomissiez /vɔ.mi.sje/ |
vomissaient /vɔ.mi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vomis /vɔ.mi/ |
vomis /vɔ.mi/ |
vomit /vɔ.mi/ |
vomîmes /vɔ.mim/ |
vomîtes /vɔ.mit/ |
vomirent /vɔ.miʁ/ | |
| future | vomirai /vɔ.mi.ʁe/ |
vomiras /vɔ.mi.ʁa/ |
vomira /vɔ.mi.ʁa/ |
vomirons /vɔ.mi.ʁɔ̃/ |
vomirez /vɔ.mi.ʁe/ |
vomiront /vɔ.mi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vomirais /vɔ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
vomirais /vɔ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
vomirait /vɔ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
vomirions /vɔ.mi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vomiriez /vɔ.mi.ʁje/ |
vomiraient /vɔ.mi.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 | vomisse /vɔ.mis/ |
vomisses /vɔ.mis/ |
vomisse /vɔ.mis/ |
vomissions /vɔ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
vomissiez /vɔ.mi.sje/ |
vomissent /vɔ.mis/ |
| imperfect2 | vomisse /vɔ.mis/ |
vomisses /vɔ.mis/ |
vomît /vɔ.mi/ |
vomissions /vɔ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
vomissiez /vɔ.mi.sje/ |
vomissent /vɔ.mis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vomis /vɔ.mi/ |
— | vomissons /vɔ.mi.sɔ̃/ |
vomissez /vɔ.mi.se/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
From Vulgar Latin *vomīre, from Latin vomere, present active infinitive of vomō.
vomir
This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vomir | avoir vomi | |||||
| gerund | en vomissant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | vomissant | ||||||
| past participle | vomi | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | vomis | vomis | vomist | vomissons | vomissez | vomissent |
| imperfect | vomissoie, vomisseie | vomissoies, vomisseies | vomissoit, vomisseit | vomissiiens, vomissiens | vomissiiez, vomissiez | vomissoient, vomisseient | |
| preterite | vomi | vomis | vomi | vomimes | vomistes | vomirent | |
| future | vomirai | vomiras | vomira | vomirons | vomiroiz, vomireiz, vomirez | vomiront | |
| conditional | vomiroie, vomireie | vomiroies, vomireies | vomiroit, vomireit | vomiriiens, vomiriens | vomiriiez, vomiriez | vomiroient, vomireient | |
| 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 | vomisse | vomisses | vomisse | vomissons | vomissez | vomissent |
| imperfect | vomisse | vomisses | vomist | vomissons, vomissiens | vomissoiz, vomissez, vomissiez | vomissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | vomis | — | vomissons | vomissez | — | ||