vider

French

Etymology

From Middle French vuider, from Old French vuidier, from Vulgar Latin *vocitāre, from Late Latin vocitus < vocivus, ultimately connected to Latin vacuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.de/

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Verb

vider

1. to empty, to empty out

   Il faut vider la poubelle.

   It is necessary to empty the bin.

2. to gut (e.g. a fish)

   Il a vidé le poisson lui-même.

   He gutted the fish himself.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vider (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vider
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vidant /vi.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vidé /vi.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vide /vid/	vides /vid/	vide /vid/	vidons /vi.dɔ̃/	videz /vi.de/	vident /vid/
	imperfect	vidais /vi.dɛ/	vidais /vi.dɛ/	vidait /vi.dɛ/	vidions /vi.djɔ̃/	vidiez /vi.dje/	vidaient /vi.dɛ/
	past historic2	vidai /vi.de/	vidas /vi.da/	vida /vi.da/	vidâmes /vi.dam/	vidâtes /vi.dat/	vidèrent /vi.dɛʁ/
	future	viderai /vi.dʁe/	videras /vi.dʁa/	videra /vi.dʁa/	viderons /vi.dʁɔ̃/	viderez /vi.dʁe/	videront /vi.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	viderais /vi.dʁɛ/	viderais /vi.dʁɛ/	viderait /vi.dʁɛ/	viderions /vi.də.ʁjɔ̃/	videriez /vi.də.ʁje/	videraient /vi.dʁɛ/
(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	vide /vid/	vides /vid/	vide /vid/	vidions /vi.djɔ̃/	vidiez /vi.dje/	vident /vid/
	imperfect2	vidasse /vi.das/	vidasses /vi.das/	vidât /vi.da/	vidassions /vi.da.sjɔ̃/	vidassiez /vi.da.sje/	vidassent /vi.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vide /vid/	—	vidons /vi.dɔ̃/	videz /vi.de/	—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• vider les arçons
• vider les couilles
• vider l’abcès
• vider son sac

 

Related terms

• vidange
• vide
• videur

Further reading

• “vider”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• verdi

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin videō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈder/

Verb

vider

1. to see

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vider

infinitive		vider
participle		present	perfect
		vidente	vidite
active		simple	perfect
	present	vide	ha vidite
	past	videva	habeva vidite
	future	videra	habera vidite
	conditional	viderea	haberea vidite
	imperative	vide
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es vidite	ha essite vidite
	past	esseva vidite	habeva essite vidite
	future	essera vidite	habera essite vidite
	conditional	esserea vidite	haberea essite vidite
	imperative	sia vidite

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vider

1. present tense of vide

Slovene

Noun

víder

1. genitive dual/plural of vidra

Swedish

Etymology

From vidrig (“disgusting, repulsive”).

Noun

vider n

1. (colloquial) a disgusting, repulsive person

   Synonym: äckel

   Han åt upp pizzan som hamnat uppochner på toalettgolvet. Vilket vider.

   He ate the pizza that had ended up upside down on the toilet floor. What a disgusting guy.

   Rör mig inte, ditt vider!

   Don't touch me, you creep!

Declension

Declension of vider
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vider	vidret	vider	vidren
Genitive	viders	vidrets	viders	vidrens

References

• Slangopedia
• Fula Ordboken