voi

See also või, and với

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin vōs. Compare Daco-Romanian voi.

Pronoun

voi

1. (second-person plural pronoun) you (plural), you all

See also

• io/iou, mine
• tu, tine
• el/elu, nãs
• noi
• nãsh, elj

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *voleō < Latin volō. Compare Daco-Romanian vrea, vreau (variant voi).

Alternative forms

• voiu

Verb

voi (third-person singular present indicative va, past participle vrutã)

1. I want.
2. I love.

Related terms

• vreare/vreari
• vrut, vrutã

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Asturian

Verb

voi

1. first-person singular present indicative of of dir

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin vōs. Compare Italian and Romanian voi, French vous.

Pronunciation

• IPA: βoi

Pronoun

voi

1. (second-person plural pronoun, oblique case) you

Related terms

• vu

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: voi
• Rhymes: -oi
• IPA: [ʋo̞i]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *woye. Cognates include Hungarian vaj, Estonian või, Northern Sami vuodja, and Ter Sami vɨjj.

Noun

voi

1. butter

Declension

Declension of voi (type maa) singular plural nominative voi voit genitive voin voiden voitten partitive voita voita accusative voi voin voit inessive voissa voissa elative voista voista illative voihin voihin adessive voilla voilla ablative voilta voilta allative voille voille essive voina voina translative voiksi voiksi instructive – voin abessive voitta voitta comitative – voineen

Derived terms

• adjectives: voinen
• verbs: voidella

Compounds

• maustevoi
• voikukka
• voileipä
• voipaperi
• voisilmä
• voisula
• voitaikina
• voiveitsi

Etymology 2

Interjection

voi

1. oh

   voi ei! (oh no!)

Etymology 3

inflected form of voida

Verb

voi

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of voida.

   • Hän voi auttaa.
     • S/he can help.

2. Third-person singular indicative past form of voida.
3. Indicative present connegative form of voida.

   • (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät/ voi auttaa.
     • I/You/He (She)/We/You/They/ cannot help.

4. Second-person singular imperative present form of voida.

   • Voi hyvin!
     • Do well!

5. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of voida.

   • Älä voi hyvin!
     • Don't do well!

Anagrams

• ovi

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *woye. Cognates include Hungarian vaj, Estonian või, Northern Sami vuodja, and Ter Sami vɨjj.

Noun

voi (genitive voin, partitive voita)

1. butter

Declension

Declension of voi singular plural nominative voi voit genitive voin voijjen partitive voita voita illative voihe voihe inessive voiz voiz elative voist voist allative voille voille adessive voil voil ablative voilt voilt translative voiks voiks essive voin voin

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vōs.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -oi

vói, /ˈvoi/, /"voi/

Pronoun

voi

1. The second person plural familiar pronoun, voi refers to the persons who are spoken or written to: you.

Related terms

• voialtri, voi altri
• vostro
• vi

See also

• Loro
• tu

Anagrams

• Ivo

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Lojban

Rafsi

voi

1. rafsi of vofli.

Cmavo

voi

1. Introduces a non-veridical restrictive relative clause: which-I-describe-as.

   ta voi nanmu ci ninmu

   That-thing which-I-describe-as a-man is-a-woman.

   That guy is actually a woman.

Related terms

• noi
• poi

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [voj]

Etymology 1

From Latin vōs.

Pronoun

voi (second-person plural)

1. you (group being addressed)

Declension

Nominative
voi
Accusative
stressed		unstressed
voi		vă
Genitive
Singular		Plural
m & n	f	m	f & n
vostru	voastră	voștri	voastre
Dative
stressed		unstressed
vouă		vă
Reflexive
Accusative		Dative
stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
voi	vă	vouă	vă

Synonyms

• dumneavoastră (polite form)

See also

Romanian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		eu	noi
2nd person	familiar	tu	voi
	polite	dumneata	dumneavoastră
	formal	dumneavoastră
3rd person familiar	m	el	ei
	f	ea	ele
3rd person polite	m	dumnealui	dumnealor
	f	dumneaei

Etymology 2

Formed on the basis of voi, the variant first person singular of vrea (normally vreau), possibly from a Latin root *voleō.

Verb

(eu) voi (modal auxiliary; first-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)

1. (I) will

singular			plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
voi	vei	va	vom	veți	vor

Usage notes

As a modal auxiliary, voi and its other forms are used with the infinitive forms of verbs.

• Voi mânca când vreau.

  I will eat when I want to

• Crezi tu că vor veni?

  Do you think they will they come?

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Possibly from voie and influenced by the above and vrea (cf. variant vroi). Compare Slavic voliti.

Verb

a voi (third-person singular present voiește, past participle voit) 4th conj.

1. to want
2. to want to, intend, be inclined to

Synonyms

• (want):vrea
• (intend): intenționa

Conjugation

infinitive			a voi
gerund			voind
past participle			voit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	tu	el	noi	voi	ei
	present	voiesc (voi)	voiești (vei)	voiește (va)	voim (vom)	voiți (veți)	voiesc (vor)
	imperfect	voiam	voiai	voia	voiam	voiați	voiau
	preterite	voii	voiși	voi	voirăm	voirăți	voiră
	pluperfect	voisem	voiseși	voise	voiserăm	voiserăți	voiseră
subjunctive		să eu	să tu	să el	să noi	să voi	să ei
	present	voiesc	voiești	voiască	voim	voiți	voiască
imperative		-	tu	-	-	voi	-
			voiește			voiți

Related terms

• voință

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Vietnamese

Noun

voi

1. elephant (the animal)

Derived from archaic Chinese 爲 "elephant", later used to represent the homonym wèi "for, because of, due to"

Derived terms

• cá voi (whale)