voloir

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

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  • (archaic) IPA(key): /vuˈlei̯ɾ/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /vuˈloi̯ɾ/, (northern) /vuˈlei̯ɾ/
  • (late) IPA(key): /vuˈlo̯ɛɾ/, (northern) /vuˈleɾ/

Verb

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voloir

  1. to want
    • 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Cist premiers livres parole de la naissance de toutes choses [This first book talks about the birth of all things]” (chapter 1), Livre I - Premiere partie, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini[1], Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 1:
      si come li sires qui vuet en petit leu amasser choses de grandisme vaillance [] por acroistre son pooir [] i met il les plus chieres choses et les plus precieux joiaus que il puet, selonc sa bone entencion, tout autressi est li cors de cest livre compilez de sapience
      Just like the lord, who wants to accumulate very valuable things in a tiny place [] in order to increase his power, [] puts there—according to his good intention—the dearest things and the most precious jewels he can, so the body of this book is filled with knowledge

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem vuel distinct from the unstressed stem vol, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

  • The past participle has the forms: feminine singular volüe; masculine plural volus; feminine plural volües.

Noun

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voloir oblique singularm (oblique plural voloirs, nominative singular voloirs, nominative plural voloir)

  1. desire; wish

Descendants

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  • Bourguignon: veuloi
  • French: vouloir
  • Gallo: vóleir
  • Norman: vouler, vouleî
  • Picard: vouloér
  • Walloon: voleur