rossignoler
French
Etymology
From rossignol + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.le/
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Verb
rossignoler
- (transitive or intransitive) (singing) to sing like a nightingale
- (transitive) to pick (a lock)
- Synonym: crocheter
Conjugation
Conjugation of rossignoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | rossignoler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | rossignolant /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | rossignolé /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | rossignole /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ | rossignoles /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ | rossignole /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ | rossignolons /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɔ̃/ | rossignolez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.le/ | rossignolent /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ |
imperfect | rossignolais /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɛ/ | rossignolais /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɛ/ | rossignolait /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɛ/ | rossignolions /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.ljɔ̃/ | rossignoliez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lje/ | rossignolaient /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | rossignolai /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.le/ | rossignolas /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.la/ | rossignola /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.la/ | rossignolâmes /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lam/ | rossignolâtes /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lat/ | rossignolèrent /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
future | rossignolerai /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁe/ | rossignoleras /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁa/ | rossignolera /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁa/ | rossignolerons /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | rossignolerez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁe/ | rossignoleront /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | rossignolerais /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁɛ/ | rossignolerais /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁɛ/ | rossignolerait /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁɛ/ | rossignolerions /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | rossignoleriez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lə.ʁje/ | rossignoleraient /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.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 | rossignole /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ | rossignoles /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ | rossignole /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ | rossignolions /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.ljɔ̃/ | rossignoliez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lje/ | rossignolent /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ |
imperfect2 | rossignolasse /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.las/ | rossignolasses /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.las/ | rossignolât /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.la/ | rossignolassions /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ | rossignolassiez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.la.sje/ | rossignolassent /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | rossignole /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ | — | rossignolons /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɔ̃/ | rossignolez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.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
- rossignolade (“birdsong, singing”)
Further reading
- “rossignoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.