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)

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		–	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 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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Noun

rire m (plural rires)

1. laugh

Related terms

• dérisoire
• ricaner
• ridicule
• rieur
• risée
• risette
• risible
• sourire

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• ryre

Etymology

From Old French rire.

Verb

rire

1. to laugh

Descendants

• French: rire

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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.

Related terms

• sorire

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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
   • circa 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.

    Conjugation of rire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		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

• Middle French: rire
  • French: rire
• Norman: rithe
• Walloon: rire

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• ridre

Etymology

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

Verb

rire

1. to laugh

Descendants

• Catalan: riure
• Occitan: rire

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Walloon

Etymology

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

Verb

rire

1. to laugh