rire
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See also: riré
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin rīdĕre.
Verb
rire (ORB, broad)
- to laugh
References
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French rire, from Old French rire, from Late Latin rīdere, from Latin rīdēre.
Pronunciation
Verb
rire
Conjugation
| infinitive | simple | rire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | riant /ʁjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ri /ʁi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ris /ʁi/ |
ris /ʁi/ |
rit /ʁi/ |
rions /ʁjɔ̃/ |
riez /ʁje/ |
rient /ʁi/ |
| imperfect | riais /ʁjɛ/ |
riais /ʁjɛ/ |
riait /ʁjɛ/ |
riions /ʁi.jɔ̃/ |
riiez /ʁi.je/ |
riaient /ʁjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ris /ʁi/ |
ris /ʁi/ |
rit /ʁi/ |
rîmes /ʁim/ |
rîtes /ʁit/ |
rirent /ʁiʁ/ | |
| future | rirai /ʁi.ʁe/ |
riras /ʁi.ʁa/ |
rira /ʁi.ʁa/ |
rirons /ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
rirez /ʁi.ʁe/ |
riront /ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rirais /ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
rirais /ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
rirait /ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
ririons /ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ririez /ʁi.ʁje/ |
riraient /ʁi.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 | rie /ʁi/ |
ries /ʁi/ |
rie /ʁi/ |
riions /ʁi.jɔ̃/ |
riiez /ʁi.je/ |
rient /ʁi/ |
| imperfect2 | risse /ʁis/ |
risses /ʁis/ |
rît /ʁi/ |
rissions /ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
rissiez /ʁi.sje/ |
rissent /ʁis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ris /ʁi/ |
— | rions /ʁjɔ̃/ |
riez /ʁje/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Conjugation of rire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Noun
rire m (plural rires)
Derived terms
- à mourir de rire
- éclater de rire
- exploser de rire
- femme qui rit, à moitié dans son lit
- femme qui rit, à moitié dans ton lit
- fou rire
- laisse-moi rire
- laissez-moi rire
- mort de rire
- plus on est de fous, plus on rit
- rigoler
- rira bien qui rira le dernier
- rire à gorge déployée
- rire aux éclats
- rire aux larmes
- rire comme un bossu
- rire comme une baleine
- rire dans sa barbe
- rire jaune
- rire sous cape
- tel qui rit vendredi, dimanche pleurera
- tu veux rire
- vous voulez rire
Related terms
Further reading
- “rire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Postposition
rire
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French rire.
Verb
rire
- to laugh
Descendants
- French: rire
Etymology
From Old Occitan rire, ridre, from Late Latin rīdere, from Latin rīdēre.
Pronunciation
Noun
rire m (plural rires)
Verb
rire
- to laugh
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin rīdere, from Latin rīdēre.
Pronunciation
Verb
rire
- to laugh
- c. 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette:
- [Il] s'en prist a rire
- He started to laugh
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rire | avoir ris | |||||
| gerund | en riant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | riant | ||||||
| past participle | ris | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | ri | riz | rit | rions | rïez | rïent |
| imperfect | rioie, rïeie | rioies, rïeies | rioit, rïeit | riiiens, riiens | riiiez, riiez | rioient, rïeient | |
| preterite | ris | reṣis | rist | reṣimes | reṣistes | risdrent | |
| future | rirai | riras | rira | rirons | riroiz, rireiz, rirez | riront | |
| conditional | riroie, rireie | riroies, rireies | riroit, rireit | ririiens, ririens | ririiez, ririez | riroient, rireient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | rïe | rïes | rïe | riiens, rions | riiez | rïent |
| imperfect | reṣisse | reṣisses | reṣist | reṣissons, reṣissiens | reṣissoiz, reṣissez, reṣissiez | reṣissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | ri | — | rions | rïez | — | ||
Derived terms
- riant (adjective)
Descendants
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin rīdere, from Latin rīdēre.
Verb
rire
- to laugh
Descendants
- Occitan: rire
Etymology
From Old French rire, from Late Latin rīdere, from Latin rīdēre.
Pronunciation
Verb
rire
- to laugh
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