vautrer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *volūtulō (“I tumble over”), from Latin volūtum, from the verb volvō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vo.tʁe/
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Verb

vautrer

  1. (transitive, rare) to wallow (to roll one's body, or a part of it, in the mud or something of similar texture)
  2. (reflexive) to sprawl; to wallow
  3. (reflexive, figuratively) to wallow
  4. (reflexive, informal) to tumble heavily on the ground
  5. (reflexive, informal) to fail

Conjugation
Conjugation of vautrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple vautrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple vautrant
/vo.tʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle vautré
/vo.tʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vautre
/votʁ/		 vautres
/votʁ/		 vautre
/votʁ/		 vautrons
/vo.tʁɔ̃/		 vautrez
/vo.tʁe/		 vautrent
/votʁ/
imperfect vautrais
/vo.tʁɛ/		 vautrais
/vo.tʁɛ/		 vautrait
/vo.tʁɛ/		 vautrions
/vo.tʁi.jɔ̃/		 vautriez
/vo.tʁi.je/		 vautraient
/vo.tʁɛ/
past historic2 vautrai
/vo.tʁe/		 vautras
/vo.tʁa/		 vautra
/vo.tʁa/		 vautrâmes
/vo.tʁam/		 vautrâtes
/vo.tʁat/		 vautrèrent
/vo.tʁɛʁ/
future vautrerai
/vo.tʁə.ʁe/		 vautreras
/vo.tʁə.ʁa/		 vautrera
/vo.tʁə.ʁa/		 vautrerons
/vo.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 vautrerez
/vo.tʁə.ʁe/		 vautreront
/vo.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional vautrerais
/vo.tʁə.ʁɛ/		 vautrerais
/vo.tʁə.ʁɛ/		 vautrerait
/vo.tʁə.ʁɛ/		 vautrerions
/vo.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 vautreriez
/vo.tʁə.ʁje/		 vautreraient
/vo.tʁə.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 vautre
/votʁ/		 vautres
/votʁ/		 vautre
/votʁ/		 vautrions
/vo.tʁi.jɔ̃/		 vautriez
/vo.tʁi.je/		 vautrent
/votʁ/
imperfect2 vautrasse
/vo.tʁas/		 vautrasses
/vo.tʁas/		 vautrât
/vo.tʁa/		 vautrassions
/vo.tʁa.sjɔ̃/		 vautrassiez
/vo.tʁa.sje/		 vautrassent
/vo.tʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vautre
/votʁ/		 — vautrons
/vo.tʁɔ̃/		 vautrez
/vo.tʁe/		 —
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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