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vanter
vanter
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑ̃.te/
Verb
vanter
Conjugation
Conjugation of vanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | vanter | avoir vanté | |||||
| gerund | en vantant | en ayant vanté | |||||
| present participle | vantant /vɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | vanté /vɑ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | vante /vɑ̃t/ |
vantes /vɑ̃t/ |
vante /vɑ̃t/ |
vantons /vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
vantez /vɑ̃.te/ |
vantent /vɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | vantais /vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
vantais /vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
vantait /vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
vantions /vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
vantiez /vɑ̃.tje/ |
vantaient /vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | vantai /vɑ̃.te/ |
vantas /vɑ̃.ta/ |
vanta /vɑ̃.ta/ |
vantâmes /vɑ̃.tam/ |
vantâtes /vɑ̃.tat/ |
vantèrent /vɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | vanterai /vɑ̃.tʁe/ |
vanteras /vɑ̃.tʁa/ |
vantera /vɑ̃.tʁa/ |
vanterons /vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
vanterez /vɑ̃.tʁe/ |
vanteront /vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | vanterais /vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
vanterais /vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
vanterait /vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
vanterions /vɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vanteriez /vɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
vanteraient /vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | vante /vɑ̃t/ |
vantes /vɑ̃t/ |
vante /vɑ̃t/ |
vantions /vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
vantiez /vɑ̃.tje/ |
vantent /vɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
vantasse /vɑ̃.tas/ |
vantasses /vɑ̃.tas/ |
vantât /vɑ̃.ta/ |
vantassions /vɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
vantassiez /vɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
vantassent /vɑ̃.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | vante /vɑ̃t/ |
— | vantons /vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
vantez /vɑ̃.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Verb
vanter
- to boast
- circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
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La senestre, selonc l'estoire,
senefie la vainne gloire
qui vint de fause ypocrisie.
Et la destre, que senefie ?
Charité, qui de sa bone oevre
pas ne se vante, ençois la coevre[.]- They left, according to history
Represents vainglory
Which comes from false hypocrisy
And the right, what does that represent?
Charity, which does not
boast about its good work
- They left, according to history
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La senestre, selonc l'estoire,
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of vanter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vanter | avoir vanté | |||||
| gerund | en vantant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | vantant | ||||||
| past participle | vanté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | vant | vantes | vante | vantons | vantez | vantent |
| imperfect | vantoie, vanteie, vantoe, vanteve | vantoies, vanteies, vantoes, vanteves | vantoit, vanteit, vantot, vanteve | vantiiens, vantiens | vantiiez, vantiez | vantoient, vanteient, vantoent, vantevent | |
| preterite | vantai | vantas | vanta | vantames | vantastes | vanterent | |
| future | vanterai | vanteras | vantera | vanterons | vanteroiz, vantereiz, vanterez | vanteront | |
| conditional | vanteroie, vantereie | vanteroies, vantereies | vanteroit, vantereit | vanteriiens, vanteriens | vanteriiez, vanteriez | vanteroient, vantereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | vant | vanz | vant | vantons | vantez | vantent |
| imperfect | vantasse | vantasses | vantast | vantissons, vantissiens | vantissoiz, vantissez, vantissiez | vantassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | vante | — | vantons | vantez | — | ||
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
vanter (third-person singular forms only)
- (of the wind) to blow
Descendants
- French: venter