riboter
French
Etymology
From ribaud (“scoundrel”) + -er, from riber (“to be licentious”), from Frankish *rīban (“to copulate, be in heat”, literally “to rub”), from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną (“to turn, twist, writhe”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
riboter
- to drink or eat to excess
- to churn (cream into butter)
Conjugation
Conjugation of riboter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | riboter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ribotant /ʁi.bɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | riboté /ʁi.bɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | ribote /ʁi.bɔt/ | ribotes /ʁi.bɔt/ | ribote /ʁi.bɔt/ | ribotons /ʁi.bɔ.tɔ̃/ | ribotez /ʁi.bɔ.te/ | ribotent /ʁi.bɔt/ |
imperfect | ribotais /ʁi.bɔ.tɛ/ | ribotais /ʁi.bɔ.tɛ/ | ribotait /ʁi.bɔ.tɛ/ | ribotions /ʁi.bɔ.tjɔ̃/ | ribotiez /ʁi.bɔ.tje/ | ribotaient /ʁi.bɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ribotai /ʁi.bɔ.te/ | ribotas /ʁi.bɔ.ta/ | ribota /ʁi.bɔ.ta/ | ribotâmes /ʁi.bɔ.tam/ | ribotâtes /ʁi.bɔ.tat/ | ribotèrent /ʁi.bɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | riboterai /ʁi.bɔ.tʁe/ | riboteras /ʁi.bɔ.tʁa/ | ribotera /ʁi.bɔ.tʁa/ | riboterons /ʁi.bɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | riboterez /ʁi.bɔ.tʁe/ | riboteront /ʁi.bɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | riboterais /ʁi.bɔ.tʁɛ/ | riboterais /ʁi.bɔ.tʁɛ/ | riboterait /ʁi.bɔ.tʁɛ/ | riboterions /ʁi.bɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | riboteriez /ʁi.bɔ.tə.ʁje/ | riboteraient /ʁi.bɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | ribote /ʁi.bɔt/ | ribotes /ʁi.bɔt/ | ribote /ʁi.bɔt/ | ribotions /ʁi.bɔ.tjɔ̃/ | ribotiez /ʁi.bɔ.tje/ | ribotent /ʁi.bɔt/ |
imperfect2 | ribotasse /ʁi.bɔ.tas/ | ribotasses /ʁi.bɔ.tas/ | ribotât /ʁi.bɔ.ta/ | ribotassions /ʁi.bɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | ribotassiez /ʁi.bɔ.ta.sje/ | ribotassent /ʁi.bɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ribote /ʁi.bɔt/ | — | ribotons /ʁi.bɔ.tɔ̃/ | ribotez /ʁi.bɔ.te/ | — | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- riboteur
Further reading
- “riboter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb
riboter (gerund ribot'tie)
- (Jersey) to booze
Derived terms
- riboteux (“boozer”)