verb🔗ShareVouloir, désirer(now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something)."Do what you will."Fais ce que tu voudras.languageliteratureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVouloir, désirer(nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that)."My parents will that I get good grades in school. "Mes parents veulent que j'obtienne de bonnes notes à l'école.attitudelanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAvoir l'habitude de, vouloir(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action)."My brother will study hard for his exams every semester. "Mon frère étudiera dur pour ses examens chaque semestre.grammarlanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVouloir, avoir l'intention de(auxiliary) To choose to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in negation."I’ve told him three times, but he won’t take his medicine."Je le lui ai dit trois fois, mais il ne veut pas prendre ses médicaments.grammarlanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAller(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall."My teacher will explain the lesson tomorrow. "Mon professeur va expliquer la leçon demain.grammarlanguagelinguisticstimefutureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePourra, avoir la capacité de(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to."Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand."Malheureusement, un seul de ces gants pourra réellement s'adapter à ma main.abilitypossibilitygrammaressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVa, aller(auxiliary) Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference"."The project, while promising, will likely turn out to be more difficult than we initially anticipated. "Le projet, bien que prometteur, va probablement s'avérer plus difficile que ce que nous avions initialement prévu.grammarlanguagelinguisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVolonté, faculté de choisirOne's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention."My will is strong; I intend to finish my project before the deadline. "Ma volonté est forte ; j'ai l'intention de terminer mon projet avant la date limite.mindphilosophyabilitycharacteressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVolonté, intention, testamentOne's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands."My mother's will stated that the old house would be given to my sister. "Le testament de ma mère stipulait que la vieille maison serait donnée à ma sœur.mindactioncharacteressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVolonté, intentionThe act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition."Most creatures have a will to live."La plupart des créatures ont la volonté de vivre.mindphilosophyactionattitudebeingcharactermoralessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTestamentLaw A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes."My grandmother's will left her house to her granddaughter. "Le testament de ma grand-mère a légué sa maison à sa petite-fille.lawpropertyfamilyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVolonté, désirThat which is desired; one's wish."My will is to finish my homework before dinner. "Ma volonté est de finir mes devoirs avant le dîner.attitudemindessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDésir, envieDesire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)"He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land."Il ressentait un grand désir de faire un pèlerinage en Terre Sainte.mindemotionsoulattitudeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVouloir, désirerTo wish, desire."My sister will a new bicycle for her birthday. "Ma sœur veut un nouveau vélo pour son anniversaire.mindessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareLéguer, ordonnerTo instruct (that something be done) in one's will."My grandmother will that her favorite painting be donated to the local art museum. "Ma grand-mère lègue que son tableau préféré soit donné au musée d'art local.lawpropertyfamilyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVouloir, chercher àTo try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention)."All the fans were willing their team to win the game."Tous les fans voulaient que leur équipe gagne le match.mindactionattitudeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareLéguerTo bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document)."He willed his stamp collection to the local museum."Il a légué sa collection de timbres au musée local.propertylawfinancefamilyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading