voler

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See also: vołer

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Verb

voler

to want

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈlɛ]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [voˈlə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [voˈleɾ]
Audio (Central): (file)

Verb

voler (first-person singular present vull, first-person singular preterite volguí, past participle volgut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

(transitive) to want
(transitive) to merit
(transitive) to love, to esteem
Synonyms: estimar, amar

Et vull ― I love you

Conjugation

Conjugation of voler (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			voler
gerund			volent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		volgut		volguda
		plural		volguts		volgudes
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vull	vols	vol	volem	voleu	volen
	imperfect	volia	volies	volia	volíem	volíeu	volien
	future	voldré	voldràs	voldrà	voldrem	voldreu	voldran
	preterite	volguí	volgueres	volgué	volguérem	volguéreu	volgueren
	conditional	voldria	voldries	voldria	voldríem	voldríeu	voldrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vulgui	vulguis	vulgui	vulguem	vulgueu	vulguin
	imperfect	volgués	volguessis	volgués	volguéssim	volguéssiu	volguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	vulgues	vulgui	vulguem	vulgueu	vulguin
	negative (no)	—	no vulguis	no vulgui	no vulguem	no vulgueu	no vulguin

Derived terms

Related terms

volició

Noun

voler m (plural volers)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French voler, from Latin volāre. Displaced Old French rober (Modern French rober has changed in meaning to "to wrap a cigar in a sheet of tobacco").

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɔ.le/
Audio: (file)

Verb

voler

(intransitive) to fly (through the air)
(transitive) to fly (an aircraft)
(falconry, transitive) to pursue flying
(intransitive) to scarper, flee
(transitive) to steal, rob
Quel mec a volé mon pantalon?
Which guy stole my pants?

Conjugation

Conjugation of voler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	voler
present participle or gerund¹	simple	volant /vɔ.lɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		volé /vɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vole /vɔl/	voles /vɔl/	vole /vɔl/	volons /vɔ.lɔ̃/	volez /vɔ.le/	volent /vɔl/
	imperfect	volais /vɔ.lɛ/	volais /vɔ.lɛ/	volait /vɔ.lɛ/	volions /vɔ.ljɔ̃/	voliez /vɔ.lje/	volaient /vɔ.lɛ/
	past historic²	volai /vɔ.le/	volas /vɔ.la/	vola /vɔ.la/	volâmes /vɔ.lam/	volâtes /vɔ.lat/	volèrent /vɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	volerai /vɔl.ʁe/	voleras /vɔl.ʁa/	volera /vɔl.ʁa/	volerons /vɔl.ʁɔ̃/	volerez /vɔl.ʁe/	voleront /vɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	volerais /vɔl.ʁɛ/	volerais /vɔl.ʁɛ/	volerait /vɔl.ʁɛ/	volerions /vɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	voleriez /vɔ.lə.ʁje/	voleraient /vɔl.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	vole /vɔl/	voles /vɔl/	vole /vɔl/	volions /vɔ.ljɔ̃/	voliez /vɔ.lje/	volent /vɔl/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	volasse /vɔ.las/	volasses /vɔ.las/	volât /vɔ.la/	volassions /vɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	volassiez /vɔ.la.sje/	volassent /vɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	vole /vɔl/	—	volons /vɔ.lɔ̃/	volez /vɔ.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: 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

Anagrams

lover

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian volere, French vouloir.

Verb

voler

to want

Conjugation

Conjugation of voler

participle		present	perfect
infinitive		voler
participle		volente	volite
active		simple	perfect
	present	vole	ha volite
	past	voleva	habeva volite
	future	volera	habera volite
	conditional	volerea	haberea volite
	imperative	vole
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es volite	ha essite volite
	past	esseva volite	habeva essite volite
	future	essera volite	habera essite volite
	conditional	esserea volite	haberea essite volite
	imperative	sia volite

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /voˈler/
Rhymes: -er
Hyphenation: vo‧lér

Verb

voler (apocopated)

Apocopic form of volere

Derived terms

Ladin

Verb

voler

Alternative form of volei

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French voleur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /volɛː/

Noun

voler

thief; robber.
Synonym: chor

Related terms

vol

Norman

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin volō, volāre (“fly”).

Pronunciation

Audio (Jersey): (file)

Verb

voler

(Jersey) to steal
(Jersey) to fly

Derived terms

vol (“theft”)
voleux (“thief”)

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan voler, from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buˈle/
Audio: (file)

Verb

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voler

to want

Conjugation

Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		voler			aver volgut
gerund		volent			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		volgut			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	vòli	vòles	vòl	volèm	volètz	vòlon
	imperfect	voliái	voliás	voliá	voliam	voliatz	volián
	preterite	volguèri	volguères	volguèt	volguèrem	volguèretz	volguèron
	future	voldrai	voldràs	voldrà	voldrem	voldretz	voldràn
	conditional	voldriái	voldriás	voldriá	voldriam	voldriatz	voldrián
	conditional 2nd form¹	volguèra	volguèras	volguèra	volgueram	volgueratz	volguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	vòlga	vòlgas	vòlga	volgam	volgatz	vòlgan
	imperfect	volguèsse	volguèsses	volguèsse	volguèssem	volguèssetz	volguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			vòlga		volgam	volgatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Noun

voler m (plural volers)

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Verb

voler

to want, to desire
- c. 1130, Jaufre Rudel, canso:
  Mas so qu'ieu vuelh m'es atahis [...].
  But what I desire is denied to me.

Descendants

Occitan: voler

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin volō, volāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɔ.ˈle/

Verb

voler

to fly

Conjugation

—

— Conjugation of the verb voler in Walloon — Codjowaedje do viebe voler e walon

		singular			plural
infinitive			voler
gerund			volant
auxiliary			aveur
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		volé		voleye
		plural		volés		voleyes
		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	vole	voles	vole	volans	volez	volnut or volèt
	imperfect	voléve	voléves	voléve	voléns	volîz	volént
	preterit	vola	volas	vola	volîs	volîz	volît
	future	volrè	volrès	volrè	volrans	volroz	volront
	conditional	volreu	volreus	volreut	volréns	volrîz	volrént

subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos	ki vos	k' i (il)
	present	vole	voles	vole	volanxhe	voloxhe	volnuxhe or volèxhe
	imperfect	volaxhe	volaxhes	volaxhe	volénxhe	volîxhe	volénxhe

imperative		—	ti	—	dji / nos	vos	—
	affirmative		vole!		volans!	volez!

voler

Aragonese

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Catalan

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French

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Interlingua

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Italian

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Ladin

Verb

Mauritian Creole

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Noun

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Norman

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Verb

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Occitan

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Noun

Old Occitan

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Walloon

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