voir

Senses

1. 1.

   to see

   to perceive with the eyes; to have sight of

2. 2.

   to understand

   to grasp or comprehend mentally

3. 3.

   to visit or meet

   to go and spend time with someone

4. 4.

   to envisage; to imagine

   to picture or consider (a situation, outcome, etc.)

Examples

• "Je vois un oiseau dans le ciel."

  I see a bird in the sky.

• "Tu vois ce que je veux dire ?"

  Do you understand what I mean?

• "Je vais voir mes amis ce week-end."

  I'm going to see my friends this weekend.

Usage

Voir is one of the most common French verbs and is highly irregular (je vois, tu vois, il voit, etc.). The subjunctive is also irregular: que je voie. In colloquial speech, *voir* can also mean "to check" or "to look into" (Voyons un peu, let's see). It appears in many fixed expressions: *voyons!* (come on!), *à voir* (to be seen/determined), and *c'est à voir* (that remains to be seen).