rouler

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ruele, roele (“small wheel”), from Medieval Latin rotulāre, from Latin rotula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁu.le/
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Verb

rouler

  1. to roll
  2. to revolve
  3. (colloquial) to go (of events, to proceed)
    Ça roule bien chez mon ami.
    It's going well at my friend's house.
  4. (of a vehicle) to work, to function
  5. (intransitive) to ride; to drive (a vehicle)
    rouler à vélo sans les mains ― to ride a bike with no hands
    On a roulé à 80 km à l’heure. ― We were driving 80 km an hour.
    Il roule en Rolls ― He drives a Rolls.
    Elle roule dans un véhicule neuf. ― She drives a new vehicle.
  6. (colloquial) to dupe, to trick
    se faire rouler ― to be tricked, to be duped

Conjugation

Conjugation of rouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rouler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple roulant
/ʁu.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle roulé
/ʁu.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present roule
/ʁul/ 		roules
/ʁul/ 		roule
/ʁul/ 		roulons
/ʁu.lɔ̃/ 		roulez
/ʁu.le/ 		roulent
/ʁul/
imperfect roulais
/ʁu.lɛ/ 		roulais
/ʁu.lɛ/ 		roulait
/ʁu.lɛ/ 		roulions
/ʁu.ljɔ̃/ 		rouliez
/ʁu.lje/ 		roulaient
/ʁu.lɛ/
past historic2 roulai
/ʁu.le/ 		roulas
/ʁu.la/ 		roula
/ʁu.la/ 		roulâmes
/ʁu.lam/ 		roulâtes
/ʁu.lat/ 		roulèrent
/ʁu.lɛʁ/
future roulerai
/ʁul.ʁe/ 		rouleras
/ʁul.ʁa/ 		roulera
/ʁul.ʁa/ 		roulerons
/ʁul.ʁɔ̃/ 		roulerez
/ʁul.ʁe/ 		rouleront
/ʁul.ʁɔ̃/
conditional roulerais
/ʁul.ʁɛ/ 		roulerais
/ʁul.ʁɛ/ 		roulerait
/ʁul.ʁɛ/ 		roulerions
/ʁu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rouleriez
/ʁu.lə.ʁje/ 		rouleraient
/ʁul.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 roule
/ʁul/ 		roules
/ʁul/ 		roule
/ʁul/ 		roulions
/ʁu.ljɔ̃/ 		rouliez
/ʁu.lje/ 		roulent
/ʁul/
imperfect2 roulasse
/ʁu.las/ 		roulasses
/ʁu.las/ 		roulât
/ʁu.la/ 		roulassions
/ʁu.la.sjɔ̃/ 		roulassiez
/ʁu.la.sje/ 		roulassent
/ʁu.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — roule
/ʁul/ 		— roulons
/ʁu.lɔ̃/ 		roulez
/ʁu.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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Descendants

  • Portuguese: rolar

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