rigoler
French
Etymology
rire (“to laugh”) + goler (“throat”), from Latin gula
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.ɡɔ.le/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: rigolai, rigolé, rigolée, rigolées, rigolés, rigolez
Verb
rigoler
- (intransitive, informal) to laugh, especially laugh out loud
- Synonym: se marrer
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- rigolade
- rigolard
- rigolo
Further reading
- “rigoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “rigoler” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.