voleur

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

French voler

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -(ā)tōrem

Old French -or

Middle French -eur

French -eur

French voleur

From voler (“to steal”) +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lœʁ/
• Rhymes: -œʁ

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Noun

voleur m (plural voleurs, feminine voleuse)

1. robber, thief

   Hypernym: malfaiteur

   Hyponyms: cambrioleur, kleptomane, voleur à la tire, voleur de grand chemin

2. flier (one who flies)

Derived terms

• au voleur
• comme un voleur
• influvoleur
• voleur à la tire
• voleur de grand chemin

Related terms

• vol
• voler

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: vòlè
• Mauritian Creole: voler

Adjective

voleur (feminine voleuse, masculine plural voleurs, feminine plural voleuses)

1. thieving, thievish

See also

• voler

Further reading

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

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French voloir, from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɔ.ˈløːʀ]

Verb

voleur

1. to want

Conjugation

   —         —   Conjugation of voleur

infinitive			voleur
gerund			volant or vlant
auxiliary			aveur
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		volou or vlou		volowe or vlowe
		plural		volous or vlous		volowes or vlowes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		dji (dj')	ti (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos	vos	i (il)
	present	vou	vous	vout	volans or vlans	voloz or vloz	volnut, volèt or vlèt
	imperfect	voleu or vleu	voleus or vleus	voleut or vleut	volins or vlins	volîz or vlîz	volint or vlint
	preterit	vola or vla	volas or vlas	vola or vla	volîs or vlîs	volîz or vlîz	volît or vlît
	future	vôrè	vôrès	vôrè	vôrans	vôroz	vôront
	conditional	vôreu	vôreus	vôreut	vôrins	vôrîz	vôrint
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos	ki vos	k' i (il)
	present	voye	voyes	voye	volanxhe or vlanxhe	voloxhe or vloxhe	voynuxhe, volèxhe or vlèxhe
	present	volaxhe or vlaxhe	volaxhes or vlaxhes	volaxhe or vlaxhe	volinxhe or vlinxhe	volîxhe or vlîxhe	volinxhe or vlinxhe
imperative		—	ti	—	dji / nos	vos	—
	affirmative		—		—	voyoz