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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