douloir
French, verb/du.lwaʁ/
douloir is spelled D-O-U-L-O-I-R (7 letters). Douloir is a French verb meaning “to suffer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ressentir de la douleur, douiller”.
What does douloir mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicobsoleteto suffer
Et je me deux d'être tout seul
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ressentir de la douleur, douiller.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of douloir
- se douloir infinitive reflexive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction reflexive
- se doulant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- doulu participle past reflexive
- me deux first-person indicative present
- te deux indicative present reflexive
- se deut indicative present reflexive
- nous doulons first-person indicative plural
- vous doulez indicative plural present
- se deulent indicative plural present
- me doulais first-person imperfect indicative
- te doulais imperfect indicative reflexive
- se doulait imperfect indicative reflexive
- nous doulions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous douliez imperfect indicative plural
- se doulaient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce douloir?
- /du.lwaʁ/
- \du.lwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.