vomir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French vomir, from Vulgar Latin *vomīre, from Latin vomere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.miʁ/

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Verb

vomir

1. to vomit

   Synonyms: gerber, dégueuler, dégobiller

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of vomir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vomir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vomissant /vɔ.mi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vomi /vɔ.mi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vomis /vɔ.mi/	vomis /vɔ.mi/	vomit /vɔ.mi/	vomissons /vɔ.mi.sɔ̃/	vomissez /vɔ.mi.se/	vomissent /vɔ.mis/
	imperfect	vomissais /vɔ.mi.sɛ/	vomissais /vɔ.mi.sɛ/	vomissait /vɔ.mi.sɛ/	vomissions /vɔ.mi.sjɔ̃/	vomissiez /vɔ.mi.sje/	vomissaient /vɔ.mi.sɛ/
	past historic2	vomis /vɔ.mi/	vomis /vɔ.mi/	vomit /vɔ.mi/	vomîmes /vɔ.mim/	vomîtes /vɔ.mit/	vomirent /vɔ.miʁ/
	future	vomirai /vɔ.mi.ʁe/	vomiras /vɔ.mi.ʁa/	vomira /vɔ.mi.ʁa/	vomirons /vɔ.mi.ʁɔ̃/	vomirez /vɔ.mi.ʁe/	vomiront /vɔ.mi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vomirais /vɔ.mi.ʁɛ/	vomirais /vɔ.mi.ʁɛ/	vomirait /vɔ.mi.ʁɛ/	vomirions /vɔ.mi.ʁjɔ̃/	vomiriez /vɔ.mi.ʁje/	vomiraient /vɔ.mi.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	vomisse /vɔ.mis/	vomisses /vɔ.mis/	vomisse /vɔ.mis/	vomissions /vɔ.mi.sjɔ̃/	vomissiez /vɔ.mi.sje/	vomissent /vɔ.mis/
	imperfect2	vomisse /vɔ.mis/	vomisses /vɔ.mis/	vomît /vɔ.mi/	vomissions /vɔ.mi.sjɔ̃/	vomissiez /vɔ.mi.sje/	vomissent /vɔ.mis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vomis /vɔ.mi/	—	vomissons /vɔ.mi.sɔ̃/	vomissez /vɔ.mi.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• à vomir

 

Further reading

• “vomir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vomīre, from Latin vomere, present active infinitive of vomō.

Verb

vomir

1. to vomit

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of vomir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		vomir			avoir vomi
gerund		en vomissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		vomissant
past participle		vomi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	vomis	vomis	vomist	vomissons	vomissez	vomissent
	imperfect	vomissoie, vomisseie	vomissoies, vomisseies	vomissoit, vomisseit	vomissiiens, vomissiens	vomissiiez, vomissiez	vomissoient, vomisseient
	preterite	vomi	vomis	vomi	vomimes	vomistes	vomirent
	future	vomirai	vomiras	vomira	vomirons	vomiroiz, vomireiz, vomirez	vomiront
	conditional	vomiroie, vomireie	vomiroies, vomireies	vomiroit, vomireit	vomiriiens, vomiriens	vomiriiez, vomiriez	vomiroient, vomireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	vomisse	vomisses	vomisse	vomissons	vomissez	vomissent
	imperfect	vomisse	vomisses	vomist	vomissons, vomissiens	vomissoiz, vomissez, vomissiez	vomissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	vomis	—	vomissons	vomissez	—

Descendants

• French: vomir
• Norman: vômi (Jersey)