vouer

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French

Etymology

From Old French voer, vuer, from Late Latin vōtāre, denominal from vōtum; hence equivalent to vœu +‎ -er. Doublet of voter (from English). Compare also Italian votare, Spanish and Portuguese votar.

Pronunciation

Verb

vouer

  1. to vow
  2. (transitive) to devote (+ à to)
  3. (reflexive) to devote oneself, to be devoted

Conjugation

Conjugation of vouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple vouer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple vouant
/vwɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle voué
/vwe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present voue
/vu/ 		voues
/vu/ 		voue
/vu/ 		vouons
/vwɔ̃/ 		vouez
/vwe/ 		vouent
/vu/
imperfect vouais
/vwɛ/ 		vouais
/vwɛ/ 		vouait
/vwɛ/ 		vouions
/vu.jɔ̃/ 		vouiez
/vu.je/ 		vouaient
/vwɛ/
past historic2 vouai
/vwe/ 		vouas
/vwa/ 		voua
/vwa/ 		vouâmes
/vwam/ 		vouâtes
/vwat/ 		vouèrent
/vwɛʁ/
future vouerai
/vu.ʁe/ 		voueras
/vu.ʁa/ 		vouera
/vu.ʁa/ 		vouerons
/vu.ʁɔ̃/ 		vouerez
/vu.ʁe/ 		voueront
/vu.ʁɔ̃/
conditional vouerais
/vu.ʁɛ/ 		vouerais
/vu.ʁɛ/ 		vouerait
/vu.ʁɛ/ 		vouerions
/vu.ʁjɔ̃/ 		voueriez
/vu.ʁje/ 		voueraient
/vu.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 voue
/vu/ 		voues
/vu/ 		voue
/vu/ 		vouions
/vu.jɔ̃/ 		vouiez
/vu.je/ 		vouent
/vu/
imperfect2 vouasse
/vwas/ 		vouasses
/vwas/ 		vouât
/vwa/ 		vouassions
/vwa.sjɔ̃/ 		vouassiez
/vwa.sje/ 		vouassent
/vwas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — voue
/vu/ 		— vouons
/vwɔ̃/ 		vouez
/vwe/ 		—
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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