vigiler

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilāre. Doublet of the inherited veiller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.ʒi.le/

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Verb

vigiler

1. to maintain a vigil

Conjugation

Conjugation of vigiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vigiler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vigilant /vi.ʒi.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vigilé /vi.ʒi.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vigile /vi.ʒil/	vigiles /vi.ʒil/	vigile /vi.ʒil/	vigilons /vi.ʒi.lɔ̃/	vigilez /vi.ʒi.le/	vigilent /vi.ʒil/
	imperfect	vigilais /vi.ʒi.lɛ/	vigilais /vi.ʒi.lɛ/	vigilait /vi.ʒi.lɛ/	vigilions /vi.ʒi.ljɔ̃/	vigiliez /vi.ʒi.lje/	vigilaient /vi.ʒi.lɛ/
	past historic2	vigilai /vi.ʒi.le/	vigilas /vi.ʒi.la/	vigila /vi.ʒi.la/	vigilâmes /vi.ʒi.lam/	vigilâtes /vi.ʒi.lat/	vigilèrent /vi.ʒi.lɛʁ/
	future	vigilerai /vi.ʒil.ʁe/	vigileras /vi.ʒil.ʁa/	vigilera /vi.ʒil.ʁa/	vigilerons /vi.ʒil.ʁɔ̃/	vigilerez /vi.ʒil.ʁe/	vigileront /vi.ʒil.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vigilerais /vi.ʒil.ʁɛ/	vigilerais /vi.ʒil.ʁɛ/	vigilerait /vi.ʒil.ʁɛ/	vigilerions /vi.ʒi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	vigileriez /vi.ʒi.lə.ʁje/	vigileraient /vi.ʒil.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	vigile /vi.ʒil/	vigiles /vi.ʒil/	vigile /vi.ʒil/	vigilions /vi.ʒi.ljɔ̃/	vigiliez /vi.ʒi.lje/	vigilent /vi.ʒil/
	imperfect2	vigilasse /vi.ʒi.las/	vigilasses /vi.ʒi.las/	vigilât /vi.ʒi.la/	vigilassions /vi.ʒi.la.sjɔ̃/	vigilassiez /vi.ʒi.la.sje/	vigilassent /vi.ʒi.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vigile /vi.ʒil/	—	vigilons /vi.ʒi.lɔ̃/	vigilez /vi.ʒi.le/	—
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).

Related terms

• vigile
• vigilant

Latin

Verb

vigiler

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of vigilō