vêtir
French
Etymology
From Middle French vestir, from Old French vestir, from Latin vestīre, present active infinitive of vestiō. Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish vestir, Italian vestire, and etymologically related to English vest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛ.tiʁ/, /ve.tiʁ/
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Verb
vêtir
- (transitive, dated) to dress, to clothe
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, dated) to dress, get dressed
Conjugation
This is an irregular verb of the third conjugation. Unlike regular -ir verbs, this conjugation does not include the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of vêtir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | vêtir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vêtant /vɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ve.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vêtu /vɛ.ty/ or /ve.ty/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | vêts /vɛ/ |
vêts /vɛ/ |
vêt /vɛ/ |
vêtons /vɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ve.tɔ̃/ |
vêtez /vɛ.te/ or /ve.te/ |
vêtent /vɛt/ |
| imperfect | vêtais /vɛ.tɛ/ or /ve.tɛ/ |
vêtais /vɛ.tɛ/ or /ve.tɛ/ |
vêtait /vɛ.tɛ/ or /ve.tɛ/ |
vêtions /vɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ve.tjɔ̃/ |
vêtiez /vɛ.tje/ or /ve.tje/ |
vêtaient /vɛ.tɛ/ or /ve.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vêtis /vɛ.ti/ or /ve.ti/ |
vêtis /vɛ.ti/ or /ve.ti/ |
vêtit /vɛ.ti/ or /ve.ti/ |
vêtîmes /vɛ.tim/ or /ve.tim/ |
vêtîtes /vɛ.tit/ or /ve.tit/ |
vêtirent /vɛ.tiʁ/ or /ve.tiʁ/ | |
| future | vêtirai /vɛ.ti.ʁe/ or /ve.ti.ʁe/ |
vêtiras /vɛ.ti.ʁa/ or /ve.ti.ʁa/ |
vêtira /vɛ.ti.ʁa/ or /ve.ti.ʁa/ |
vêtirons /vɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /ve.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
vêtirez /vɛ.ti.ʁe/ or /ve.ti.ʁe/ |
vêtiront /vɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /ve.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vêtirais /vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ti.ʁɛ/ |
vêtirais /vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ti.ʁɛ/ |
vêtirait /vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ti.ʁɛ/ |
vêtirions /vɛ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ve.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vêtiriez /vɛ.ti.ʁje/ or /ve.ti.ʁje/ |
vêtiraient /vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ti.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 | vête /vɛt/ |
vêtes /vɛt/ |
vête /vɛt/ |
vêtions /vɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ve.tjɔ̃/ |
vêtiez /vɛ.tje/ or /ve.tje/ |
vêtent /vɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | vêtisse /vɛ.tis/ or /ve.tis/ |
vêtisses /vɛ.tis/ or /ve.tis/ |
vêtît /vɛ.ti/ or /ve.ti/ |
vêtissions /vɛ.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
vêtissiez /vɛ.ti.sje/ or /ve.ti.sje/ |
vêtissent /vɛ.tis/ or /ve.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vêts /vɛ/ |
— | vêtons /vɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ve.tɔ̃/ |
vêtez /vɛ.te/ or /ve.te/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Synonyms
- habiller (modern French)
Further reading
- “vêtir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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