Definify.com
Definition 2024
veiller
veiller
French
Verb
veiller
- (intransitive) To stay up, sit up.
- (intransitive) To keep guard, keep watch.
- (intransitive) To look after, see to ( + à).
- (intransitive) To watch over (someone) ( + sur).
- (transitive) To keep watch over a sick person at night; to do a death wake for.
- (intransitive, Quebec) To go out in the evening, e.g. in parties, clubs, bars...
Conjugation
Conjugation of veiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | veiller | avoir veillé | |||||
| gerund | en veillant | en ayant veillé | |||||
| present participle | veillant /vɛ.jɑ̃/ |
||||||
| past participle | veillé /vɛ.je/ |
||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | veille /vɛj/ |
veilles /vɛj/ |
veille /vɛj/ |
veillons /vɛ.jɔ̃/ |
veillez /vɛ.je/ |
veillent /vɛj/ |
| imperfect | veillais /vɛ.jɛ/ |
veillais /vɛ.jɛ/ |
veillait /vɛ.jɛ/ |
veillions /vɛj.jɔ̃/ |
veilliez /vɛj.je/ |
veillaient /vɛ.jɛ/ |
|
| past historic1 | veillai /vɛ.je/ |
veillas /vɛ.ja/ |
veilla /vɛ.ja/ |
veillâmes /vɛ.jam/ |
veillâtes /vɛ.jat/ |
veillèrent /vɛ.jɛʁ/ |
|
| future | veillerai /vɛj.ʁe/ |
veilleras /vɛj.ʁa/ |
veillera /vɛj.ʁa/ |
veillerons /vɛj.ʁɔ̃/ |
veillerez /vɛj.ʁe/ |
veilleront /vɛj.ʁɔ̃/ |
|
| conditional | veillerais /vɛj.ʁɛ/ |
veillerais /vɛj.ʁɛ/ |
veillerait /vɛj.ʁɛ/ |
veillerions /vɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
veilleriez /vɛ.jə.ʁje/ |
veilleraient /vɛj.ʁɛ/ |
|
| 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 | veille /vɛj/ |
veilles /vɛj/ |
veille /vɛj/ |
veillions /vɛj.jɔ̃/ |
veilliez /vɛj.je/ |
veillent /vɛj/ |
| imperfect1 |
veillasse /vɛ.jas/ |
veillasses /vɛ.jas/ |
veillât /vɛ.ja/ |
veillassions /vɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
veillassiez /vɛ.ja.sje/ |
veillassent /vɛ.jas/ |
|
| 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 | – | |
| — | veille /vɛj/ |
— | veillons /vɛ.jɔ̃/ |
veillez /vɛ.je/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Derived terms
Anagrams
Middle French
Verb
veiller
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of veiller
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | veiller | avoir veillé | |||||
| gerund | en veillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | veillant | ||||||
| past participle | veillé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | veille | veilles | veille | veillons | veillez | veillent |
| imperfect | veillois, veilloys | veillois, veilloys | veilloit, veilloyt | veillions, veillyons | veilliez, veillyez | veilloient, veilloyent | |
| past historic | veilla | veillas | veilla | veillasmes | veillastes | veillerent | |
| future | veillerai, veilleray | veilleras | veillera | veillerons | veillerez | veilleront | |
| conditional | veillerois, veilleroys | veillerois, veilleroys | veilleroit, veilleroyt | veillerions, veilleryons | veilleriez, veilleryez | veilleroient, veilleroyent | |
| 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 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | veille | veilles | veille | veillons | veillez | veillent |
| imperfect | veillasse | veillasses | veillast | veillassions | veillassiez | veillassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | veille | — | veillons | veillez | — | ||