rire

French

Etymology

From Middle French rire, from Old French rire, from Vulgar Latin *rīdĕre, from Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō (“I laugh”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁiʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ
  • Homophone: rires

Verb

rire

  1. to laugh (de at, about)

Conjugation
Conjugation of rire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle riant
/ʁjɑ̃/
past participle ri
/ʁi/
infinitive
simple rire
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple riant
/ʁjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 – tu – nous vous –
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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Noun

rire m (plural rires)

  1. laugh

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French rire.

Verb

rire

  1. to laugh

Descendants

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan rire, ridre, from Vulgar Latin *rīdĕre, from Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō.

Noun

rire m (plural rires)

  1. laughter; laugh

Verb

rire

  1. to laugh

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rīdĕre, from Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈri.rə/

Verb

rire

  1. 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.

    Conjugation of rire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive rire avoir ris
gerund en riant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— ri — rions rïez —

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rīdĕre, from Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō.

Verb

rire

  1. to laugh

Descendants

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French rire, from Vulgar Latin *rīdĕre, from Latin rīdeō, rīdēre.

Verb

rire

  1. to laugh
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