vois

Vois is the French verb voir in the second-person singular present indicative form (tu vois) and in the singular imperative form (Vois!). The verb voir means “to see.” Vois is a common, everyday form in both speech and writing.

Pronunciation and spelling: Vois is pronounced [vwa], with the final s typically silent. The letters oi form a [wa] sound, and the word is written identically in indicative and imperative contexts, though its meaning is determined by syntax and punctuation.

Conjugation and related forms: The full present tense of voir is je vois, tu vois, il voit, nous voyons, vous voyez, ils voient. Therefore, vois corresponds to “you see” when addressing someone informally, while voit is used for “he/she/it sees.” The verb’s other forms include the past participle vu and the present participle voyant.

Usage: Vois appears in questions such as Tu vois ce que j’ai dit? and in commands like Vois! meaning “See!” as an instruction to look at something. It also occurs in set phrases like vois-tu? meaning “do you see?” In everyday French, tu is common in casual speech, while vous voyez is used for polite or plural address.

Origin and note: Vois derives from the Latin videre and is part of the broader verbal system of voir. In English-language contexts, vois is typically encountered as a grammatical example or in discussions of French conjugation, rather than as a standalone English word.