veoir
See also: vëoir
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French veoir, from Latin videō, vidēre.
Verb
veoir
- to see (to perceive using vision)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier vedeir, from Latin vidēre, present active infinitive of videō.
Verb
veoir
- to see
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem voi distinct from the unstressed stem ve, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of veoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | veoir | avoir veü, vis | |||||
gerund | en veant, voiant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | veant, voiant | ||||||
past participle | veü, vis | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | voi | voiz | voit | veons | veez | voient |
imperfect | veoie, veeie | veoies, veeies | veoit, veeit | veïiens, veïens | veïiez, veïez | veoient, veeient | |
preterite | vi | veïs | vit | veïmes | veïstes | virent | |
future | verai | veras | vera | verons | veroiz, vereiz, verez | veront | |
conditional | veroie, vereie | veroies, vereies | veroit, vereit | veriiens, veriens | veriiez, veriez | veroient, vereient | |
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 | voie | voies | voie | veons, voiiens, voions | veez, voiiez | voient |
imperfect | veïsse | veïsses | veïst | veïssons, veïssiens | veïssoiz, veïssez, veïssiez | veïssent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | voi | — | veons | veez, vez | — |
Descendants
- French: voir
- Bourguignon: voi
- Gallo: vér'
- Norman: veî (France), vaie (Jersey), veir (Guernsey)
- Picard: vir
- Walloon: vey, vir
Noun
veoir oblique singular, m (oblique plural veoirs, nominative singular veoirs, nominative plural veoir)
- sight (capacity to see)
Categories:
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms inherited from Latin
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French verbs
- Middle French third group verbs
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with stem alternations
- Old French verbs with strong-i preterite
- Old French third group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -oir
- Old French irregular verbs
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns