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/
Audio (France, Paris): (file) Audio (CAN): (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -iʁ
- Homophone: rires
Verb
rire
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | rire | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Noun
rire m (plural rires)
Related terms
Further reading
- “rire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French rire.
Verb
rire
- to laugh
Descendants
- French: rire
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan rire, ridre, from Vulgar Latin *rīdĕre, from Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō.
Noun
rire m (plural rires)
Verb
rire
- to laugh
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *rīdĕre, from Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō.
Pronunciation
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 | 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
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *rīdĕre, from Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō.
Verb
rire
- to laugh
Descendants
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French rire, from Vulgar Latin *rīdĕre, from Latin rīdeō, rīdēre.
Verb
rire
- to laugh
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