volontaire

From Middle French voluntaire, from late Old French voluntaire, borrowed from Latin voluntārius (“voluntary; volunteer”), from voluntās (“free will”), from volō, velle (“wish, intend”). Compare volontiers, inherited from a related word.

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɔ̃.tɛʁ/

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volontaire (plural volontaires)

1. voluntary, deliberate
2. volunteer

   Qui est volontaire pour faire la vaisselle?

   Who wants to wash the dishes?

3. determined
4. wilful

• involontaire

• volontiers
• volonté
• vouloir

volontaire m or f (plural volontaires)

1. a volunteer

• “volontaire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).