vaguer

English

Adjective

vaguer

1. comparative form of vague: more vague

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vagārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ɡe/

• Audio:

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Verb

vaguer

1. (intransitive, dated or literary) to wander, to wander aimlessly

Usage notes

Not to be confused with vaquer or voguer.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vaguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vaguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vaguant /va.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vagué /va.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vague /vaɡ/	vagues /vaɡ/	vague /vaɡ/	vaguons /va.ɡɔ̃/	vaguez /va.ɡe/	vaguent /vaɡ/
	imperfect	vaguais /va.ɡɛ/	vaguais /va.ɡɛ/	vaguait /va.ɡɛ/	vaguions /va.ɡjɔ̃/	vaguiez /va.ɡje/	vaguaient /va.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	vaguai /va.ɡe/	vaguas /va.ɡa/	vagua /va.ɡa/	vaguâmes /va.ɡam/	vaguâtes /va.ɡat/	vaguèrent /va.ɡɛʁ/
	future	vaguerai /va.ɡʁe/	vagueras /va.ɡʁa/	vaguera /va.ɡʁa/	vaguerons /va.ɡʁɔ̃/	vaguerez /va.ɡʁe/	vagueront /va.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vaguerais /va.ɡʁɛ/	vaguerais /va.ɡʁɛ/	vaguerait /va.ɡʁɛ/	vaguerions /va.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	vagueriez /va.ɡə.ʁje/	vagueraient /va.ɡʁɛ/
(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	vague /vaɡ/	vagues /vaɡ/	vague /vaɡ/	vaguions /va.ɡjɔ̃/	vaguiez /va.ɡje/	vaguent /vaɡ/
	imperfect2	vaguasse /va.ɡas/	vaguasses /va.ɡas/	vaguât /va.ɡa/	vaguassions /va.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	vaguassiez /va.ɡa.sje/	vaguassent /va.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vague /vaɡ/	—	vaguons /va.ɡɔ̃/	vaguez /va.ɡe/	—
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).

Further reading

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