rigoler

French

Etymology

rire (“to laugh”) + goler (“throat”), from Latin gula

Pronunciation

Verb

rigoler

  1. (intransitive, informal) To laugh, especially laugh out loud.
  2. (intransitive, informal) To joke, to kid.
    Mais, tu rigoles ou quoi ?
    Are you kidding me?

Conjugation
Conjugation of rigoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle rigolant
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lɑ̃/
past participle rigolé
/ʁi.ɡɔ.le/
infinitive
simple rigoler
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple rigolant
/ʁi.ɡɔ.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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