Infinitive
Gerund
en vantant
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | vant |
| 2nd sing. | vantes |
| 3rd sing. | vante |
| 1st plur. | vantons |
| 2nd plur. | vantez |
| 3rd plur. | vantent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | vantoie; vanteie; vantoe; vanteve |
| 2nd sing. | vantoies; vanteies; vantoes; vanteves |
| 3rd sing. | vantoit; vanteit; vantot; vanteve |
| 1st plur. | vantiiens; vantiens |
| 2nd plur. | vantiiez; vantiez |
| 3rd plur. | vantoient; vanteient; vantoent; vantevent |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | vantai |
| 2nd sing. | vantas |
| 3rd sing. | vanta |
| 1st plur. | vantames |
| 2nd plur. | vantastes |
| 3rd plur. | vanterent |
Future
| 1st sing. | vanterai |
| 2nd sing. | vanteras |
| 3rd sing. | vantera |
| 1st plur. | vanterons |
| 2nd plur. | vanteroiz; vantereiz; vanterez |
| 3rd plur. | vanteront |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | vanteroie; vantereie |
| 2nd sing. | vanteroies; vantereies |
| 3rd sing. | vanteroit; vantereit |
| 1st plur. | vanteriiens; vanteriens |
| 2nd plur. | vanteriiez; vanteriez |
| 3rd plur. | vanteroient; vantereient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | vant |
| 2nd sing. | vanz |
| 3rd sing. | vant |
| 1st plur. | vantons |
| 2nd plur. | vantez |
| 3rd plur. | vantent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | vantasse |
| 2nd sing. | vantasses |
| 3rd sing. | vantast |
| 1st plur. | vantissons; vantissiens |
| 2nd plur. | vantissoiz; vantissez; vantissiez |
| 3rd plur. | vantassent |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | vante |
| 1st plur. | vantons |
| 2nd plur. | vantez |
Verbs conjugated like vanter
entepreter,
ensanglenter,
barater,
mesconter,
paincter,
degoter,
effronter,
recunter,
reconter,
enchanter,
cunforter,
regreter,
represanter,
proporter,
pourporter,
remunter,
remonter,
presenter,
atalanter,
covoiter, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin vānitāre, from Latin vānus or vānitās.
Verbs referencing "vanter"
English
vaunt, French
vanter.
Sample Sentences
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La senestre, selonc l'estoire,
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senefie la vainne gloire
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qui vint de fause ypocrisie.
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Et la destre, que senefie ?
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Charité, qui de sa bone oevre
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pas ne se vante, ençois la coevre[.] (The left, according to history
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Represents vainglory
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Which comes from false hypocrisy
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And the right, what does that represent?
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Charity, which does not
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boast about its good work) [c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:]
Cognates
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