vais

See also: -vais

French

Etymology

From Old French vois, ultimately from Latin vadō. The origin of -ais, while the final -s is not etymologically spurious in Old French, is unclear. Likely taken from Latin transeō < *trasjo to form the expected *vausjō (see more at Reichenau Glossary). The element *vau- comes from *vaō (infinitive *vare), elided form of vadō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛ/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophones: vêt, vêts

Verb

vais

  1. first-person singular present indicative of aller
  2. first-person singular present indicative of vader

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

vais

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of ir

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vas, from Latin vādis. Cognate with Galician and Spanish vas.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ajs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
  • Homophones: vás (Brazil), Vaz (Brazil)
  • Hyphenation: vais

Verb

vais

  1. second-person singular present indicative of ir

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vāditis, second person plural present indicative active of vādere. Displaced ītis, second person plural present indicative active of īre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbais/ [ˈbai̯s]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ais
  • Syllabification: vais

Verb

vais

  1. second-person plural present indicative of ir