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vêtir
vêtir
French
Verb
vêtir
- (transitive, dated) to dress, to clothe
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, dated) to dress, get dressed
Synonyms
- habiller (modern French)
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)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | vêtir | avoir vêtu | |||||
| gerund | en vêtant | en ayant vêtu | |||||
| present participle | vêtant /vɛ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | vêtu /vɛ.ty/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | vêts /vɛ/ |
vêts /vɛ/ |
vêt /vɛ/ |
vêtons /vɛ.tɔ̃/ |
vêtez /vɛ.te/ |
vêtent /vɛt/ |
| imperfect | vêtais /vɛ.tɛ/ |
vêtais /vɛ.tɛ/ |
vêtait /vɛ.tɛ/ |
vêtions /vɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
vêtiez /vɛ.tje/ |
vêtaient /vɛ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | vêtis /vɛ.ti/ |
vêtis /vɛ.ti/ |
vêtit /vɛ.ti/ |
vêtîmes /vɛ.tim/ |
vêtîtes /vɛ.tit/ |
vêtirent /vɛ.tiʁ/ |
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| future | vêtirai /vɛ.ti.ʁe/ |
vêtiras /vɛ.ti.ʁa/ |
vêtira /vɛ.ti.ʁa/ |
vêtirons /vɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
vêtirez /vɛ.ti.ʁe/ |
vêtiront /vɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | vêtirais /vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
vêtirais /vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
vêtirait /vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
vêtirions /vɛ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vêtiriez /vɛ.ti.ʁje/ |
vêtiraient /vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | vête /vɛt/ |
vêtes /vɛt/ |
vête /vɛt/ |
vêtions /vɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
vêtiez /vɛ.tje/ |
vêtent /vɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
vêtisse /vɛ.tis/ |
vêtisses /vɛ.tis/ |
vêtît /vɛ.ti/ |
vêtissions /vɛ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
vêtissiez /vɛ.ti.sje/ |
vêtissent /vɛ.tis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | vêts /vɛ/ |
— | vêtons /vɛ.tɔ̃/ |
vêtez /vɛ.te/ |
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