veoir

See also: vëoir

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old French veoir, from Latin videō, vidēre.

    Verb

    veoir

    1. to see (to perceive using vision)

    Descendants

    • French: voir
      • Saint Dominican Creole French: voir
        • Haitian Creole: wè

    Old French

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      From Latin vidēre.

      Pronunciation

      • (archaic) IPA(key): /vəˈðei̯ɾ/
      • (classical) IPA(key): /vəˈoi̯ɾ/, (northern) /vəˈei̯ɾ/

      Verb

      veoir

      1. 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
      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

      • Gallo: vair
      • Middle French: veoir (see there for further descendants)
      • Norman: veir
      • Picard: vir
      • Walloon: vey, vir

      Noun

      veoir oblique singular, m (oblique plural veoirs, nominative singular veoirs, nominative plural veoir)

      1. sight (capacity to see)
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