voleter
Part of speech: verb
Morphology: simple
Etymology: → voir voler et -ter
Senses:
gloss: Voler à petits coups d’aile.
pos: verb
examples: Les oiseaux voletaient çà et là en poussant des cris bizarres, tandis que d’autres cachés au plus épais du feuillage formaient de mélodieux concerts.
Nous devons avouer que dans ses rêves enfantins ne voletaient pas de beaux chérubins roses cravatés d’ailes blanches, ne bêlaient pas des moutons savonnés et ornés de faveurs, ne s’élevaient pas des palais de caramel à colonnes d’angélique.
[…] ; une colossale figure du « Temps », soulève Terre et cadran sur ses vigoureuses épaules, tandis que des anges joufflus, des Amours pour mieux dire, se jouent tout autour, voletant et dégringolant jusque sur le fronton ; […]
Presque rien : un bruit imperceptible, comme en doivent faire les revenants quand ils volettent par les chambres.
Tout autour de la jeune femme, les pigeons voletaient, roucoulaient. Les mâles, empressés, la gorge gonflée, saluaient jusqu’à terre les femelles.
gloss: Se dit des choses légères qui semblent flotter dans l’air, balancées par le vent.
pos: verb
tags: analogy
examples: […] tandis que la neige volette dans une succession ininterrompue de bourrasques derrière la fenêtre.
— Cette noble compatissance, cette intuition des difficultés du travail, ce culte du talent est une des plus rares fantaisies qui jamais aient voleté dans des âmes de femme.
Inflected forms:
form: voleter
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
present
form: avoir voleté
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
past
form: en voletant
pos: verb
tags: gerund
present
form: en ayant voleté
pos: verb
tags: gerund
past
form: voletant
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: voleté
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: je volette
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: tu volettes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: il/elle/on volette
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: nous voletons
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: vous voletez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: ils/elles volettent
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: j’ai voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: tu as voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: il/elle/on a voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: nous avons voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: vous avez voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: ils/elles ont voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: je voletais
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: tu voletais
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: il/elle/on voletait
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: nous voletions
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: vous voletiez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: ils/elles voletaient
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: j’avais voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: tu avais voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: il/elle/on avait voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: nous avions voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: vous aviez voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: ils/elles avaient voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: je voletai
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: tu voletas
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: il/elle/on voleta
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: nous voletâmes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: vous voletâtes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: ils/elles voletèrent
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: j’eus voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: tu eus voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: il/elle/on eut voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: nous eûmes voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: vous eûtes voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: ils/elles eurent voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: je voletterai
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: tu voletteras
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: il/elle/on volettera
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: nous voletterons
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: vous voletterez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: ils/elles voletteront
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: j’aurai voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: tu auras voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: il/elle/on aura voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: nous aurons voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: vous aurez voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: ils/elles auront voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: que je volette
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que tu volettes
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: qu’il/elle/on volette
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que nous voletions
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que vous voletiez
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: qu’ils/elles volettent
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que j’aie voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que tu aies voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: qu’il/elle/on ait voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que nous ayons voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que vous ayez voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: qu’ils/elles aient voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que je voletasse
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que tu voletasses
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: qu’il/elle/on voletât
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que nous voletassions
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que vous voletassiez
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: qu’ils/elles voletassent
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que j’eusse voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que tu eusses voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: qu’il/elle/on eût voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que nous eussions voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que vous eussiez voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: qu’ils/elles eussent voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: je voletterais
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: tu voletterais
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: il/elle/on voletterait
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: nous voletterions
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: vous voletteriez
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: ils/elles voletteraient
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: j’aurais voleté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: tu aurais voleté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: il/elle/on aurait voleté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: nous aurions voleté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: vous auriez voleté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: ils/elles auraient voleté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: volette
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: voletons
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: voletez
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: aie voleté
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: ayons voleté
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: ayez voleté
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: voleter
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
present
form: avoir voleté
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
past
form: en voletant
pos: verb
tags: gerund
present
form: en ayant voleté
pos: verb
tags: gerund
past
form: voletant
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: voleté
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: je volète
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: tu volètes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: il/elle/on volète
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: nous voletons
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: vous voletez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: ils/elles volètent
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: j’ai voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: tu as voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: il/elle/on a voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: nous avons voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: vous avez voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: ils/elles ont voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: je voletais
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: tu voletais
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: il/elle/on voletait
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: nous voletions
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: vous voletiez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: ils/elles voletaient
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: j’avais voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: tu avais voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: il/elle/on avait voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: nous avions voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: vous aviez voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: ils/elles avaient voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: je voletai
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: tu voletas
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: il/elle/on voleta
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: nous voletâmes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: vous voletâtes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: ils/elles voletèrent
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: j’eus voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: tu eus voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: il/elle/on eut voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: nous eûmes voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: vous eûtes voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: ils/elles eurent voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: je volèterai
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: tu volèteras
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: il/elle/on volètera
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: nous volèterons
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: vous volèterez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: ils/elles volèteront
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: j’aurai voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: tu auras voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: il/elle/on aura voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: nous aurons voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: vous aurez voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: ils/elles auront voleté
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: que je volète
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que tu volètes
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: qu’il/elle/on volète
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que nous voletions
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que vous voletiez
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: qu’ils/elles volètent
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que j’aie voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que tu aies voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: qu’il/elle/on ait voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que nous ayons voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que vous ayez voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: qu’ils/elles aient voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que je voletasse
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que tu voletasses
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: qu’il/elle/on voletât
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que nous voletassions
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que vous voletassiez
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: qu’ils/elles voletassent
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que j’eusse voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que tu eusses voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: qu’il/elle/on eût voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que nous eussions voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que vous eussiez voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: qu’ils/elles eussent voleté
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: je volèterais
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: tu volèterais
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: il/elle/on volèterait
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: nous volèterions
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: vous volèteriez
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: ils/elles volèteraient
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: j’aurais voleté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: tu aurais voleté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: il/elle/on aurait voleté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: nous aurions voleté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: vous auriez voleté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: ils/elles auraient voleté
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: volète
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: voletons
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: voletez
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: aie voleté
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: ayons voleté
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: ayez voleté
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
Related terms: volettement
Translations:
lang: Anglais
word: flutter
lang: Breton
word: gournijal
lang: Catalan
word: voletejar
lang: Espagnol
word: aletear
lang: Espagnol
word: revolotear
lang: Italien
word: svolazzare
lang: Italien
word: fluttuare
lang: Italien
word: volteggiare
lang: Néerlandais
word: fladderen
lang: Occitan
word: volatejar
lang: Occitan
word: volastrejar
lang: Polonais
word: fruwać
lang: Polonais
word: trzepotać
lang: Portugais
word: volitar
lang: Suédois
word: fladdra
lang: Wallon
word: volter
lang: Wallon
word: cavoler