veiller

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French veiller, veigler, from Old French veillier, veiller, from Vulgar Latin *viglāre, contracted from Latin vigilāre. Compare the borrowed doublet vigiler. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɛ.je/ ~ /ve.je/ === Verb === veiller (intransitive) to stay up, sit up (intransitive) to keep guard, keep watch (intransitive) to look after, see to ( + à); see to it that ( + à ce que) (intransitive) to watch over (someone) ( + sur) (transitive) to keep watch over a sick person at night; to do a death wake for (intransitive, Quebec) to go out in the evening, e.g. in parties, clubs, bars… (computing) to put in standby mode ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “veiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === vieller == Middle French == === Alternative forms === veigler === Etymology === From Old French veillier, from Latin vigilo, vigilare. === Verb === veiller to be awake ==== Conjugation ==== Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. ==== Descendants ==== French: veiller