See also: vołer

Aragonese

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From Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

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voler

  1. to want

Catalan

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

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voler (first-person singular present vull, first-person singular preterite volguí, past participle volgut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. (transitive) to want
  2. (transitive) to merit
  3. (transitive) to love, to esteem
    Synonyms: estimar, amar
    Et vullI love you

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voler m (plural volers)

  1. willingness
  2. desire

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French

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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").

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voler

  1. (intransitive) to fly (through the air)
  2. (transitive) to fly (an aircraft)
  3. (falconry, transitive) to pursue flying
  4. (intransitive) to scarper, flee
  5. (transitive) to steal, rob
    Quel mec a volé mon pantalon?
    Which guy stole my pants?

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Interlingua

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From Italian volere, French vouloir.

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voler

  1. to want

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Italian

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  • IPA(key): /voˈler/
  • Rhymes: -er
  • Hyphenation: vo‧lér

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voler (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of volere

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Ladin

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voler

  1. Alternative form of volei

Mauritian Creole

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From French voleur.

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voler

  1. thief; robber.
    Synonym: chor
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Norman

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

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voler

  1. (Jersey) to steal
  2. (Jersey) to fly
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], 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.

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Occitan

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

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voler

  1. to want

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voler m (plural volers)

  1. willingness
  2. desire

Old Occitan

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From Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

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voler

  1. 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.

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  • Occitan: voler

Walloon

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From Old French, from Latin volō, volāre.

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voler

  1. to fly

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