vouloir

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French voloir, voleir, from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vu.lwaʁ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

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vouloir

  1. (transitive) to want, wish, desire
    Je veux voir le soleil.
    I want to see the sun.
    Hitler voulait la guerre, mais beaucoup n’en étaient pas conscients.
    Hitler wanted war, but many were not aware of it.
  2. (reflexive) to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem

Usage notes

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  • vouloir que takes the subjunctive.
  • The second-person singular and plural imperatives have alternative forms: veuille and veuillez, which have slight differences in usage. See individual articles for details.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Saint Dominican Creole French: vlé
    • Haitian Creole: vle

Noun

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vouloir m (plural vouloirs)

  1. will

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