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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- Homophone: rires
Conjugation
present participle | riant /ʁjɑ̃/ | ||||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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). |
Further reading
- “rire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan rire, ridre, from Vulgar Latin *rīdĕre, from Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō.
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
- to laugh
- circa 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette
- [Il] s'en prist a rire
- He started to laugh
- [Il] s'en prist a rire
- circa 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette
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 | ||||||
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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
- riant (adjective)
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *rīdĕre, from Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō.
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French rire, from Vulgar Latin *rīdĕre, from Latin rīdeō, rīdēre.