voler

From Latin velle.

voler

1. to want

From Old Catalan voler, from Vulgar Latin *volēre, present active infinitive of *voleō, from Classical Latin volō, velle, from Proto-Italic *welō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /voˈlə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /buˈlɛ/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /voˈleɾ/
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voler (first-person singular present vull, past participle volgut)

1. to want
2. to merit

• voler dir

• volició

voler m (plural volers)

1. willingness
2. desire

• “voler” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “voler”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “voler” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “voler” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old French, from Latin volāre, present active infinitive of volō.

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.le/

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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?

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

• lover

From Italian volere, French vouloir.

voler

1. to want

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

voler (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of volere

• voler bene
• voler dire

voler

1. Alternative form of volei

From French voleur.

• IPA^(key): /volɛː/

voler

1. thief; robber.

   Synonym: chor

• vol

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

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voler

1. (Jersey) to steal
2. (Jersey) to fly

• vol (“theft”)
• voleux (“thief”)

From Old Occitan voler, form Vulgar Latin *volēre, present active infinitive of *voleō, from Classical Latin volō, velle.

• IPA^(key): /buˈle/

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voler

1. to want

voler m (plural volers)

1. willingness
2. desire

From Vulgar Latin *volēre, variant of Latin volō, velle.

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.

• Occitan: voler

From Old French, from Latin volō, volāre.

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.ˈle/

voler

1. to fly