vexer

English

Etymology

vex +‎ -er

Noun

vexer (plural vexers)

1. One who vexes; one who annoys

Translations

one who vexes

• Czech: otrava (cs) m
• Latin: vexātor m

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēxāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛk.se/

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Verb

vexer

1. to irritate; to annoy
2. to offend, to hurt

Conjugation

Conjugation of vexer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vexer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vexant /vɛk.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vexé /vɛk.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vexe /vɛks/	vexes /vɛks/	vexe /vɛks/	vexons /vɛk.sɔ̃/	vexez /vɛk.se/	vexent /vɛks/
	imperfect	vexais /vɛk.sɛ/	vexais /vɛk.sɛ/	vexait /vɛk.sɛ/	vexions /vɛk.sjɔ̃/	vexiez /vɛk.sje/	vexaient /vɛk.sɛ/
	past historic2	vexai /vɛk.se/	vexas /vɛk.sa/	vexa /vɛk.sa/	vexâmes /vɛk.sam/	vexâtes /vɛk.sat/	vexèrent /vɛk.sɛʁ/
	future	vexerai /vɛk.sə.ʁe/	vexeras /vɛk.sə.ʁa/	vexera /vɛk.sə.ʁa/	vexerons /vɛk.sə.ʁɔ̃/	vexerez /vɛk.sə.ʁe/	vexeront /vɛk.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vexerais /vɛk.sə.ʁɛ/	vexerais /vɛk.sə.ʁɛ/	vexerait /vɛk.sə.ʁɛ/	vexerions /vɛk.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	vexeriez /vɛk.sə.ʁje/	vexeraient /vɛk.sə.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	vexe /vɛks/	vexes /vɛks/	vexe /vɛks/	vexions /vɛk.sjɔ̃/	vexiez /vɛk.sje/	vexent /vɛks/
	imperfect2	vexasse /vɛk.sas/	vexasses /vɛk.sas/	vexât /vɛk.sa/	vexassions /vɛk.sa.sjɔ̃/	vexassiez /vɛk.sa.sje/	vexassent /vɛk.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vexe /vɛks/	—	vexons /vɛk.sɔ̃/	vexez /vɛk.se/	—
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

• vexant
• vexation

Descendants

• → Romanian: vexa

Further reading

• “vexer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

vexer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of vexō

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēxāre, present active infinitive of vēxō.

Verb

vexer

1. to harm; to hurt, especially by torture

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of vexer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		vexer			avoir vexé
gerund		en vexant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		vexant
past participle		vexé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	vexe	vexes	vexe	vexons	vexez	vexent
	imperfect	vexoie, vexeie, vexoe, vexeve	vexoies, vexeies, vexoes, vexeves	vexoit, vexeit, vexot, vexeve	vexiiens, vexiens	vexiiez, vexiez	vexoient, vexeient, vexoent, vexevent
	preterite	vexai	vexas	vexa	vexames	vexastes	vexerent
	future	vexerai	vexeras	vexera	vexerons	vexeroiz, vexereiz, vexerez	vexeront
	conditional	vexeroie, vexereie	vexeroies, vexereies	vexeroit, vexereit	vexeriiens, vexeriens	vexeriiez, vexeriez	vexeroient, vexereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	vexe	vexes	vexe	vexons	vexez	vexent
	imperfect	vexasse	vexasses	vexast	vexissons, vexissiens	vexissoiz, vexissez, vexissiez	vexassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	vexe	—	vexons	vexez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: vexen, vexe, vex, wexe
  • English: vex
  • Scots: vex
• French: vexer