rigoler

French

Etymology

rire (“to laugh”) + Old French galer (“have fun, enjoy oneself, danse”), from Frankish origins.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.ɡɔ.le/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: rigolai, rigolé, rigolée, rigolées, rigolés, rigolez

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).

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.