vanter

Danish

Noun

vanter c

  1. indefinite plural of vante

French

Etymology

From Old French vanter, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin vānitāre, from Latin vānus or vānitās. Compare Italian vantare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɑ̃.te/
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Verb

vanter

  1. to praise, to vaunt
  2. (reflexive) to boast, brag

Conjugation
Conjugation of vanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle vantant
/vɑ̃.tɑ̃/
past participle vanté
/vɑ̃.te/
infinitive
simple vanter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple vantant
/vɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vante
/vɑ̃t/		 vantes
/vɑ̃t/		 vante
/vɑ̃t/		 vantons
/vɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 vantez
/vɑ̃.te/		 vantent
/vɑ̃t/
imperfect vantais
/vɑ̃.tɛ/		 vantais
/vɑ̃.tɛ/		 vantait
/vɑ̃.tɛ/		 vantions
/vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 vantiez
/vɑ̃.tje/		 vantaient
/vɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 vantai
/vɑ̃.te/		 vantas
/vɑ̃.ta/		 vanta
/vɑ̃.ta/		 vantâmes
/vɑ̃.tam/		 vantâtes
/vɑ̃.tat/		 vantèrent
/vɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future vanterai
/vɑ̃.tʁe/		 vanteras
/vɑ̃.tʁa/		 vantera
/vɑ̃.tʁa/		 vanterons
/vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 vanterez
/vɑ̃.tʁe/		 vanteront
/vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional vanterais
/vɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 vanterais
/vɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 vanterait
/vɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 vanterions
/vɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 vanteriez
/vɑ̃.tə.ʁje/		 vanteraient
/vɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 vante
/vɑ̃t/		 vantes
/vɑ̃t/		 vante
/vɑ̃t/		 vantions
/vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 vantiez
/vɑ̃.tje/		 vantent
/vɑ̃t/
imperfect2 vantasse
/vɑ̃.tas/		 vantasses
/vɑ̃.tas/		 vantât
/vɑ̃.ta/		 vantassions
/vɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 vantassiez
/vɑ̃.ta.sje/		 vantassent
/vɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vante
/vɑ̃t/		 — vantons
/vɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 vantez
/vɑ̃.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Noun

vanter m

  1. indefinite plural of vante

Old French

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin vānitāre, from Latin vānus or vānitās.

Alternative forms

Verb

vanter

  1. to boast
    • circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
      La senestre, selonc l'estoire,
      senefie la vainne gloire
      qui vint de fause ypocrisie.
      Et la destre, que senefie ?
      Charité, qui de sa bone oevre
      pas ne se vante, ençois la coevre[.]
      They left, according to history
      Represents vainglory
      Which comes from false hypocrisy
      And the right, what does that represent?
      Charity, which does not
      boast about its good work
Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of vanter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive vanter avoir vanté
gerund en vantant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle vantant
past participle vanté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present vant vantes vante vantons vantez vantent
imperfect vantoie, vanteie, vantoe, vanteve vantoies, vanteies, vantoes, vanteves vantoit, vanteit, vantot, vanteve vantiiens, vantiens vantiiez, vantiez vantoient, vanteient, vantoent, vantevent
preterite vantai vantas vanta vantames vantastes vanterent
future vanterai vanteras vantera vanterons vanteroiz, vantereiz, vanterez vanteront
conditional vanteroie, vantereie vanteroies, vantereies vanteroit, vantereit vanteriiens, vanteriens vanteriiez, vanteriez vanteroient, vantereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present vant vanz vant vantons vantez vantent
imperfect vantasse vantasses vantast vantissons, vantissiens vantissoiz, vantissez, vantissiez vantassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— vante — vantons vantez —
Descendants

Etymology 2

vant (“wind”) +‎ -er.

Verb

vanter (third-person singular forms only)

  1. (of the wind) to blow
Descendants
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