voiler
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
voiler
- (transitive) To veil (cover with a veil)
- (transitive) To cover up, to cloak, to veil (to restrict the view of something)
- (reflexive) To become cloudy, to become hazy
- (reflexive) To cover up with a veil
Conjugation
Conjugation of voiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | voiler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | voilant /vwa.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | voilé /vwa.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | voile /vwal/ |
voiles /vwal/ |
voile /vwal/ |
voilons /vwa.lɔ̃/ |
voilez /vwa.le/ |
voilent /vwal/ |
| imperfect | voilais /vwa.lɛ/ |
voilais /vwa.lɛ/ |
voilait /vwa.lɛ/ |
voilions /vwa.ljɔ̃/ |
voiliez /vwa.lje/ |
voilaient /vwa.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | voilai /vwa.le/ |
voilas /vwa.la/ |
voila /vwa.la/ |
voilâmes /vwa.lam/ |
voilâtes /vwa.lat/ |
voilèrent /vwa.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | voilerai /vwal.ʁe/ |
voileras /vwal.ʁa/ |
voilera /vwal.ʁa/ |
voilerons /vwal.ʁɔ̃/ |
voilerez /vwal.ʁe/ |
voileront /vwal.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | voilerais /vwal.ʁɛ/ |
voilerais /vwal.ʁɛ/ |
voilerait /vwal.ʁɛ/ |
voilerions /vwa.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
voileriez /vwa.lə.ʁje/ |
voileraient /vwal.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | voile /vwal/ |
voiles /vwal/ |
voile /vwal/ |
voilions /vwa.ljɔ̃/ |
voiliez /vwa.lje/ |
voilent /vwal/ |
| imperfect2 | voilasse /vwa.las/ |
voilasses /vwa.las/ |
voilât /vwa.la/ |
voilassions /vwa.la.sjɔ̃/ |
voilassiez /vwa.la.sje/ |
voilassent /vwa.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | voile /vwal/ |
— | voilons /vwa.lɔ̃/ |
voilez /vwa.le/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “voiler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.