dégringoler
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Old French des-
Middle French des-
Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ-
Proto-Germanic *kringaną
Old Dutch *kring
Middle Dutch kring
Old French gringoller
Middle French gringueler
Middle French desgringueler
French dégringoler
Inherited from Middle French desgringueler, from Old French gringoller, of Germanic origin, from Middle Dutch crinkelen, from kring (“circle”), from Old Dutch *kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz. The sense would refer to someone tumbling in successive circles.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.le/
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Verb
[edit]dégringoler
- (intransitive) to tumble, to fall down
- (intransitive, of numbers) to tumble, to fall (decrease) ; to tank
- to descend quickly (stairs etc.)
- Synonym: dévaler
- 1994, Yasmina Reza, ‘Art’:
- Yvan. Le retour d’Yvan ! L’ascenseur est occupé, je m’engouffre dans l’escalier et je pense tout en dégringolant, lâche, hybride, sans consistance, je me dis, je reviens avec un flingue, je le bute, il verra si je suis flasque et servile, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of dégringoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | dégringoler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | dégringolant /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dégringolé /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | dégringole /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl/ |
dégringoles /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl/ |
dégringole /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl/ |
dégringolons /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lɔ̃/ |
dégringolez /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.le/ |
dégringolent /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl/ |
| imperfect | dégringolais /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lɛ/ |
dégringolais /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lɛ/ |
dégringolait /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lɛ/ |
dégringolions /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
dégringoliez /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lje/ |
dégringolaient /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | dégringolai /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.le/ |
dégringolas /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.la/ |
dégringola /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.la/ |
dégringolâmes /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lam/ |
dégringolâtes /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lat/ |
dégringolèrent /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | dégringolerai /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl.ʁe/ |
dégringoleras /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl.ʁa/ |
dégringolera /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl.ʁa/ |
dégringolerons /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl.ʁɔ̃/ |
dégringolerez /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl.ʁe/ |
dégringoleront /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | dégringolerais /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl.ʁɛ/ |
dégringolerais /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl.ʁɛ/ |
dégringolerait /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl.ʁɛ/ |
dégringolerions /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dégringoleriez /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lə.ʁje/ |
dégringoleraient /de.ɡʁɛ̃.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 | dégringole /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl/ |
dégringoles /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl/ |
dégringole /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl/ |
dégringolions /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
dégringoliez /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lje/ |
dégringolent /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl/ |
| imperfect2 | dégringolasse /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.las/ |
dégringolasses /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.las/ |
dégringolât /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.la/ |
dégringolassions /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
dégringolassiez /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.la.sje/ |
dégringolassent /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dégringole /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔl/ |
— | dégringolons /de.ɡʁɛ̃.ɡɔ.lɔ̃/ |
dégringolez /de.ɡʁɛ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dégringoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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