# voler
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

### Verb

voler
* to want

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [buˈlɛ]
* IPA: (Balearic) [voˈlə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [voˈleɾ]
* Audio (Central):(file)

### Verb

voler (first-person singular present vull, first-person singular preterite volguí, past participle volgut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* (transitive) to want
* (transitive) to merit
* (transitive) to love, to esteem
    Synonyms: estimar, amar
    Et vull ― I love you

#### Derived terms

* malvoler
* voler dir

#### Related terms

* volició

### Noun

voler m (plural volers)
* willingness
* desire

### Further reading

* “voler” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “voler”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “voler” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “voler” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French voler, from Latin volāre. Displaced Old French rober (Modern French rober has changed in meaning to "to wrap a cigar in a sheet of tobacco").

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɔ.le/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

voler
* (intransitive) to fly through the air
    ne pas voler haut ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    voler en éclats ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    voler de ses propres ailes ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (falconry, transitive) to pursue flying
* (intransitive) to scarper, flee
* (transitive) to steal, rob
    donner c’est donner, reprendre c’est voler ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    maquillé comme une voiture volée ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    voler la vedette ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    qui vole un œuf vole un bœuf ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Qui a volé mon pantalon ? ― Who stole my pants?

#### Derived terms

* revoler
* survoler
* vol
* volant
* voleur

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* lover

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From Italian volere, French vouloir.

### Verb

voler
* to want

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | voler | voler |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | volente | volite |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | vole | ha volite |
| active | past | voleva | habeva volite |
| active | future | volera | habera volite |
| active | conditional | volerea | haberea volite |
| active | imperative | vole | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es volite | ha essite volite |
| passive | past | esseva volite | habeva essite volite |
| passive | future | essera volite | habera essite volite |
| passive | conditional | esserea volite | haberea essite volite |
| passive | imperative | sia volite | |

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /voˈler/
* Rhymes: -er
* Hyphenation: vo‧lér

### Verb

voler (apocopated)
* Apocopic form of volere

#### Derived terms

* voler bene
* voler dire

## Ladin
### Verb

voler
* Alternative form of volei

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French voleur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /volɛː/

### Noun

voler
* thief; robber.
    Synonym: chor

#### Related terms

* vol

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French, from Latin volō, volāre (“fly”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Verb

voler
* (Jersey) to steal
* (Jersey) to fly
** 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, pages 542-43:Un mouisson dans la main vaut mûx que daeux qui volent.A bird in the hand is better than two who fly.

#### Derived terms

* vol (“theft”)
* voleux (“thief”)

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan voler, from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buˈle/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

voler
* to want

#### Conjugation
### Noun

voler m (plural volers)
* willingness
* desire

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

### Verb

voler
* to want, to desire
** c. 1130, Jaufre Rudel, canso:
    Mas so qu'ieu vuelh m'es atahis [...].But what I desire is denied to me.

#### Descendants

* Occitan: voler

## Walloon
### Etymology

From Old French, from Latin volō, volāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɔ.ˈle/

### Verb

voler
* to fly

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | simple | voler |
| infinitive | compound | aveur + past participle | aveur + past participle | aveur + past participle |
| gerund$^1$ | simple | volant |
| gerund$^1$ | compound | åyant + past participle | åyant + past participle | åyant + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | volé | volé | volêye | volêye |
| past participle | past participle | plural | volés | volés | volêyes | volêyes |
| | singular | plural |
| | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | indicative | dji (dj') | ti (t') | i (il) / ele | dji (dj') / nos$^2$ | vos | i (il) |
| (simple tenses) | present | vole | voles | vole | volans | volez | volèt or volnut$^3$ |
| (simple tenses) | imperfect | voléve | voléves | voléve | voléns | volîz | volént |
| (simple tenses) | preterite | vola | volas | vola | volîs | volîz | volît |
| (simple tenses) | future | volrè | volrès | volrè | volrans | volroz | volront |
| (simple tenses) | conditional | volreu | volreus | volreut | volréns | volrîz | volrént |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | pluperfect | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | past anterior | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | future perfect | future of aveur + past participle | future of aveur + past participle | future of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | conditional perfect | conditional of aveur + past participle | conditional of aveur + past participle | conditional of aveur + past participle |
| subjunctive | subjunctive | ki dj' | ki t' | k' i (il) / k' ele | ki dj' / ki nos$^2$ | ki vos | k' i (il) |
| (simple tenses) | present | vole | voles | vole | volanxhe | voloxhe | volèxhe or volnuxhe$^3$ |
| (simple tenses) | imperfect | volaxhe | volaxhes | volaxhe | volénxhe | volîxhe | volénxhe |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | – | ti | – | dji / nos | vos | – |
| simple | simple | — | vole! | — | volans! | volez! | — |
| compound | compound | — | simple imperative of aveur + past participle | — | simple imperative of aveur + past participle | simple imperative of aveur + past participle | — |
| $^1$ The Walloon gerund is usable only with the preposition tot (Eastern, Southern) or e (Central, Western). |||
| $^2$ The second person plural dji is used in Central and Southern dialects |||
| $^3$ The form -èt/-exhe is used in Eastern and Southern dialects, the form -nut/-nuxhe is used in Central and Western dialects. |||