voiler

French

Etymology

From voile (“veil”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vwa.le/
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Verb

voiler

  1. (transitive) to veil (cover with a veil)
  2. (transitive) to cover up, to cloak, to veil (to restrict the view of something)
  3. (reflexive) to become cloudy, to become hazy
  4. (reflexive) to cover up with a veil

Conjugation
Conjugation of voiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple voiler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple voilant
/vwa.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle voilé
/vwa.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present voile
/vwal/		 voiles
/vwal/		 voile
/vwal/		 voilons
/vwa.lɔ̃/		 voilez
/vwa.le/		 voilent
/vwal/
imperfect voilais
/vwa.lɛ/		 voilais
/vwa.lɛ/		 voilait
/vwa.lɛ/		 voilions
/vwa.ljɔ̃/		 voiliez
/vwa.lje/		 voilaient
/vwa.lɛ/
past historic2 voilai
/vwa.le/		 voilas
/vwa.la/		 voila
/vwa.la/		 voilâmes
/vwa.lam/		 voilâtes
/vwa.lat/		 voilèrent
/vwa.lɛʁ/
future voilerai
/vwal.ʁe/		 voileras
/vwal.ʁa/		 voilera
/vwal.ʁa/		 voilerons
/vwal.ʁɔ̃/		 voilerez
/vwal.ʁe/		 voileront
/vwal.ʁɔ̃/
conditional voilerais
/vwal.ʁɛ/		 voilerais
/vwal.ʁɛ/		 voilerait
/vwal.ʁɛ/		 voilerions
/vwa.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 voileriez
/vwa.lə.ʁje/		 voileraient
/vwal.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 voile
/vwal/		 voiles
/vwal/		 voile
/vwal/		 voilions
/vwa.ljɔ̃/		 voiliez
/vwa.lje/		 voilent
/vwal/
imperfect2 voilasse
/vwa.las/		 voilasses
/vwa.las/		 voilât
/vwa.la/		 voilassions
/vwa.la.sjɔ̃/		 voilassiez
/vwa.la.sje/		 voilassent
/vwa.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — voile
/vwal/		 — voilons
/vwa.lɔ̃/		 voilez
/vwa.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).

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