voguer

English

Etymology

vogue +‎ -er

Noun

voguer (plural voguers)

  1. One who dances in the vogue style.
    • 2008 March 19, Claudia La Rocco, “Voguers Take Back the Night and the Dance Stage”, in New York Times‎:
      The tall, elegant Mr. Burnett unfurled his limbs in the precise yet fluid phrasing employed by voguers.

French

Etymology

Possibly from Italian vogare, itself perhaps from Latin vocāre, possibly related to Ancient Greek βαυκάλη (baukálē, “crib”), or alternatively possibly of Germanic origin (related to vogue), from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɔ.ɡe/
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Verb

voguer

  1. (intransitive) to travel through the water
    1. (of a ship, or goods on a ship) to sail
    2. (of an animal) to swim
    3. (of rowers) to row

Conjugation
Conjugation of voguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple voguer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple voguant
/vɔ.ɡɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle vogué
/vɔ.ɡe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vogue
/vɔɡ/		 vogues
/vɔɡ/		 vogue
/vɔɡ/		 voguons
/vɔ.ɡɔ̃/		 voguez
/vɔ.ɡe/		 voguent
/vɔɡ/
imperfect voguais
/vɔ.ɡɛ/		 voguais
/vɔ.ɡɛ/		 voguait
/vɔ.ɡɛ/		 voguions
/vɔ.ɡjɔ̃/		 voguiez
/vɔ.ɡje/		 voguaient
/vɔ.ɡɛ/
past historic2 voguai
/vɔ.ɡe/		 voguas
/vɔ.ɡa/		 vogua
/vɔ.ɡa/		 voguâmes
/vɔ.ɡam/		 voguâtes
/vɔ.ɡat/		 voguèrent
/vɔ.ɡɛʁ/
future voguerai
/vɔ.ɡʁe/		 vogueras
/vɔ.ɡʁa/		 voguera
/vɔ.ɡʁa/		 voguerons
/vɔ.ɡʁɔ̃/		 voguerez
/vɔ.ɡʁe/		 vogueront
/vɔ.ɡʁɔ̃/
conditional voguerais
/vɔ.ɡʁɛ/		 voguerais
/vɔ.ɡʁɛ/		 voguerait
/vɔ.ɡʁɛ/		 voguerions
/vɔ.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/		 vogueriez
/vɔ.ɡə.ʁje/		 vogueraient
/vɔ.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 vogue
/vɔɡ/		 vogues
/vɔɡ/		 vogue
/vɔɡ/		 voguions
/vɔ.ɡjɔ̃/		 voguiez
/vɔ.ɡje/		 voguent
/vɔɡ/
imperfect2 voguasse
/vɔ.ɡas/		 voguasses
/vɔ.ɡas/		 voguât
/vɔ.ɡa/		 voguassions
/vɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/		 voguassiez
/vɔ.ɡa.sje/		 voguassent
/vɔ.ɡas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vogue
/vɔɡ/		 — voguons
/vɔ.ɡɔ̃/		 voguez
/vɔ.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).

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