vautrer

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *volutulō (“I tumble over”), from Latin volutum, from the verb volvō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vo.tʁe/

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, familiar) to tumble heavily on the ground
  5. (reflexive, familiar) to fail

Conjugation
Conjugation of vautrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle vautrant
/vo.tʁɑ̃/
past participle vautré
/vo.tʁe/
infinitive
simple vautrer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple vautrant
/vo.tʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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