Le verbe want en anglais : conjugaison, définition, synonymes et expressions

Cette fiche vous détaille la conjugaison de want en anglais et vous donne la définition de ce verbe, les phrasal verbs associés, ses synonymes, et les expressions où il apparait.

Tableaux de conjugaison de to want en anglais

Conjugaison du verbe want à l’indicatif

Le verbe want au present simple

  • I want
  • You want
  • He/she/it wants
  • We want
  • You want
  • They want

Le verbe want au present continuous

  • I am wanting
  • You are wanting
  • He/she/it is wanting
  • We are wanting
  • You are wanting
  • They are wanting

Le verbe want past simple

  • I wanted
  • You wanted
  • He/she/it wanted
  • We wanted
  • You wanted
  • They wanted

Le verbe want au past continuous

  • I was wanting
  • You were wanting
  • He/she/it was wanting
  • We were wanting
  • You were wanting
  • They were wanting

Le verbe want au present perfect

  • I have wanted
  • You have wanted
  • He/she/it has wanted
  • We have wanted
  • You have wanted
  • They have wanted

Le verbe want au present perfect continuous

  • I have been wanting
  • You have been wanting
  • He/she/it has been wanting
  • We have been wanting
  • You have been wanting
  • They have been wanting

Le verbe want au past perfect

  • I had wanted
  • You had wanted
  • He/she/it had wanted
  • We had wanted
  • You had wanted
  • They had wanted

Le verbe want au past perfect continuous

  • I had been wanting
  • You had been wanting
  • He/she/it had been wanting
  • We had been wanting
  • You had been wanting
  • They had been wanting

Le verbe want au future

  • I will want
  • You will want
  • He/she/it will want
  • We will want
  • You will want
  • They will want

Le verbe want au future continuous

  • I will be wanting
  • You will be wanting
  • He/she/it will be wanting
  • We will be wanting
  • You will be wanting
  • They will be wanting

Le verbe want au future perfect

  • I will have wanted
  • You will have wanted
  • He/she/it will have wanted
  • We will have wanted
  • You will have wanted
  • They will have wanted

Le verbe want au future perfect continuous

  • I will have been wanting
  • You will have been wanting
  • He/she/it will have been wanting
  • We will have been wanting
  • You will have been wanting
  • They will have been wanting

Conjugaison du verbe want au conditionnel

Le verbe want au conditional present

  • I would want
  • You would want
  • He/she/it would want
  • We would want
  • You would want
  • They would want

Le verbe want au conditional present continuous

  • I would be wanting
  • You would be wanting
  • He/she/it would be wanting
  • We would be wanting
  • You would be wanting
  • They would be wanting

Le verbe want au conditional perfect

  • I would have wanted
  • You would have wanted
  • He/she/it would have wanted
  • We would have wanted
  • You would have wanted
  • They would have wanted

Le verbe want au conditional perfect continuous

  • I would have been wanting
  • You would have been wanting
  • He/she/it would have been wanting
  • We would have been wanting
  • You would have been wanting
  • They would have been wanting

Les autres formes

L’infinitif de want

  • to want

Participe présent de want

  • wanting

Participe passé de want

  • wanted

L’impératif de want

  • want
  • let’s want

Définition de want en anglais

Que veut dire le verbe want en anglais ?

Le Cambridge Dictionary donne plusieurs définitions du verbe want.

Penchons-nous sur les principales :

1. To wish for a particular thing or plan of action

She wants to go abroad. → Elle veut partir à l’étranger.

2. To need something

This room wants cleaning. → Cette pièce a besoin d’être nettoyée.

3. If you are wanted, someone wishes to see or talk with you

Come down! You’re wanted at the door. → Descends ! On te réclame à la porte.

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Les phrasal verbs avec want en anglais

Rappel : les phrasal verbs (ou “verbes à particule”) sont des verbes qui, lorsqu’ils sont suivis d’un autre mot (la particule), voient leur sens initial complété ou modifié.

Voici les principaux phrasal verbs formés sur le verbe want :

  • Want in → vouloir participer / vouloir en être
  • Want out → vouloir partir

Les synonymes de want en anglais

En fonction du contexte, vous pouvez remplacer le verbe to want par l’un des verbes suivants :

  • aspire → aspirer à
  • choose → choisir
  • crave → avoir envie de
  • demand → exiger
  • desire → désirer
  • long → désirer
  • need → avoir besoin de
  • prefer → préférer
  • require → réclamer
  • wish → souhaiter

Expressions avec want en anglais

  • freedom from want → vivre à l’abri du besoin
  • in sore want → avoir bien besoin de quelque chose
  • the heart wants what it wants → le cœur a ses raisons
  • want ad → petite annonce
  • want list → liste de souhaits
  • wanted dead or alive → recherché mort ou vif
  • waste not, want not → un sou est un sou

À l’instar de to like et to live, le verbe to want est un verbe régulier.


Le verbe to want en anglais : conjugaison, synonymes et expressions.

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