rigoler

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French

Etymology

rire (“to laugh”) + Old French galer (“have fun, enjoy oneself, danse”), from Frankish origins.

Pronunciation

Verb

rigoler

  1. (intransitive, informal) to laugh, especially laugh out loud
    Synonym: se marrer
  2. (intransitive, informal) to joke, to kid
    Synonyms: blaguer, déconner, plaisanter
    Mais, tu rigoles ou quoi ?
    Are you kidding me?

Conjugation

Conjugation of rigoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rigoler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rigolant
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rigolé
/ʁi.ɡɔ.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rigole
/ʁi.ɡɔl/ 		rigoles
/ʁi.ɡɔl/ 		rigole
/ʁi.ɡɔl/ 		rigolons
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lɔ̃/ 		rigolez
/ʁi.ɡɔ.le/ 		rigolent
/ʁi.ɡɔl/
imperfect rigolais
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lɛ/ 		rigolais
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lɛ/ 		rigolait
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lɛ/ 		rigolions
/ʁi.ɡɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		rigoliez
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lje/ 		rigolaient
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lɛ/
past historic2 rigolai
/ʁi.ɡɔ.le/ 		rigolas
/ʁi.ɡɔ.la/ 		rigola
/ʁi.ɡɔ.la/ 		rigolâmes
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lam/ 		rigolâtes
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lat/ 		rigolèrent
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lɛʁ/
future rigolerai
/ʁi.ɡɔl.ʁe/ 		rigoleras
/ʁi.ɡɔl.ʁa/ 		rigolera
/ʁi.ɡɔl.ʁa/ 		rigolerons
/ʁi.ɡɔl.ʁɔ̃/ 		rigolerez
/ʁi.ɡɔl.ʁe/ 		rigoleront
/ʁi.ɡɔl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rigolerais
/ʁi.ɡɔl.ʁɛ/ 		rigolerais
/ʁi.ɡɔl.ʁɛ/ 		rigolerait
/ʁi.ɡɔl.ʁɛ/ 		rigolerions
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rigoleriez
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lə.ʁje/ 		rigoleraient
/ʁi.ɡɔl.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rigole
/ʁi.ɡɔl/ 		rigoles
/ʁi.ɡɔl/ 		rigole
/ʁi.ɡɔl/ 		rigolions
/ʁi.ɡɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		rigoliez
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lje/ 		rigolent
/ʁi.ɡɔl/
imperfect2 rigolasse
/ʁi.ɡɔ.las/ 		rigolasses
/ʁi.ɡɔ.las/ 		rigolât
/ʁi.ɡɔ.la/ 		rigolassions
/ʁi.ɡɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ 		rigolassiez
/ʁi.ɡɔ.la.sje/ 		rigolassent
/ʁi.ɡɔ.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rigole
/ʁi.ɡɔl/ 		— rigolons
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lɔ̃/ 		rigolez
/ʁi.ɡɔ.le/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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