rigoler

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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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