vaquer

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [bəˈke̞] IPA(key): (Balearic) [vəˈke] IPA(key): (Central) [bəˈke] IPA(key): (Valencia) [vaˈkeɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [baˈke] === Adjective === vaquer (feminine vaquera, masculine plural vaquers, feminine plural vaqueres) denim Synonym: texà === Noun === vaquer m (plural vaquers, feminine vaquera, feminine plural vaqueres) cowherd, cowboy ==== Derived terms ==== vaqueria === See also === cowboy === Further reading === “vaquer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “vaquer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “vaquer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “vaquer”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French vaquer, itself borrowed from Latin vacāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /va.ke/ === Verb === vaquer (archaic) to vacate (archaic) to discontinue to busy oneself with, to be occupied with to scurry about looking for food to get down to business ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “vaquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Alternative forms === vacquer === Etymology === From Old French vaquer. === Verb === vaquer (intransitive) (of an object) to be empty (intransitive) (of a charge, an office) to lack a holder, to be temporarily vacant (intransitive) (of a person, group of people) to be idle, to stop or suspend a regular activity, be in a state of rest (intransitive) (of a parliament, court of justice) to be in recess (transitive) to occupy one's time with something/someone, to consecrate one's time to ==== Conjugation ==== Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.