rigole

See also: rigolé

English

Noun

rigole (plural rigoles)

1. Alternative form of regal (type of organ)

Anagrams

• glorie, logier

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French

Etymology

From Old French regol, from Middle Dutch regel (“row”), from Latin rēgula (“straight line”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.ɡɔl/

• Audio:

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Noun

rigole f (plural rigoles)

1. (agriculture) furrow, channel (small trench cut in the soil or rock for irrigation or for planting seeds)
2. (geography) groove, fissure, hollow (naturally occurring depression or furrow, often due to a meteorological event)
3. (figurative) furrow (deep wrinkle, usually in the face)
4. rivulet, streamlet

Verb

rigole

1. first-person singular present indicative of rigoler
2. third-person singular present indicative of rigoler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of rigoler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of rigoler
5. second-person singular imperative of rigoler

Further reading

• “rigole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• gloire