ribouler
French
Etymology
From rebouler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.bu.le/
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Verb
ribouler
- (slang) to roll one's eyes
- ribouler des yeux
- to roll one's eyes
Conjugation
Conjugation of ribouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ribouler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | riboulant /ʁi.bu.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | riboulé /ʁi.bu.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | riboule /ʁi.bul/ | riboules /ʁi.bul/ | riboule /ʁi.bul/ | riboulons /ʁi.bu.lɔ̃/ | riboulez /ʁi.bu.le/ | riboulent /ʁi.bul/ |
imperfect | riboulais /ʁi.bu.lɛ/ | riboulais /ʁi.bu.lɛ/ | riboulait /ʁi.bu.lɛ/ | riboulions /ʁi.bu.ljɔ̃/ | ribouliez /ʁi.bu.lje/ | riboulaient /ʁi.bu.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | riboulai /ʁi.bu.le/ | riboulas /ʁi.bu.la/ | riboula /ʁi.bu.la/ | riboulâmes /ʁi.bu.lam/ | riboulâtes /ʁi.bu.lat/ | riboulèrent /ʁi.bu.lɛʁ/ | |
future | riboulerai /ʁi.bul.ʁe/ | ribouleras /ʁi.bul.ʁa/ | riboulera /ʁi.bul.ʁa/ | riboulerons /ʁi.bul.ʁɔ̃/ | riboulerez /ʁi.bul.ʁe/ | ribouleront /ʁi.bul.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | riboulerais /ʁi.bul.ʁɛ/ | riboulerais /ʁi.bul.ʁɛ/ | riboulerait /ʁi.bul.ʁɛ/ | riboulerions /ʁi.bu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | ribouleriez /ʁi.bu.lə.ʁje/ | ribouleraient /ʁi.bul.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 | riboule /ʁi.bul/ | riboules /ʁi.bul/ | riboule /ʁi.bul/ | riboulions /ʁi.bu.ljɔ̃/ | ribouliez /ʁi.bu.lje/ | riboulent /ʁi.bul/ |
imperfect2 | riboulasse /ʁi.bu.las/ | riboulasses /ʁi.bu.las/ | riboulât /ʁi.bu.la/ | riboulassions /ʁi.bu.la.sjɔ̃/ | riboulassiez /ʁi.bu.la.sje/ | riboulassent /ʁi.bu.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | riboule /ʁi.bul/ | — | riboulons /ʁi.bu.lɔ̃/ | riboulez /ʁi.bu.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “ribouler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.