ribouler
French
Etymology
From rebouler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.bu.le/
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Verb
ribouler
- (slang) to roll one's eyes
- ribouler des yeux
- to roll one's eyes
Conjugation
Conjugation of ribouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ribouler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | riboulant /ʁi.bu.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | riboulé /ʁi.bu.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | riboule /ʁi.bul/ |
riboules /ʁi.bul/ |
riboule /ʁi.bul/ |
riboulons /ʁi.bu.lɔ̃/ |
riboulez /ʁi.bu.le/ |
riboulent /ʁi.bul/ |
| imperfect | riboulais /ʁi.bu.lɛ/ |
riboulais /ʁi.bu.lɛ/ |
riboulait /ʁi.bu.lɛ/ |
riboulions /ʁi.bu.ljɔ̃/ |
ribouliez /ʁi.bu.lje/ |
riboulaient /ʁi.bu.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | riboulai /ʁi.bu.le/ |
riboulas /ʁi.bu.la/ |
riboula /ʁi.bu.la/ |
riboulâmes /ʁi.bu.lam/ |
riboulâtes /ʁi.bu.lat/ |
riboulèrent /ʁi.bu.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | riboulerai /ʁi.bul.ʁe/ |
ribouleras /ʁi.bul.ʁa/ |
riboulera /ʁi.bul.ʁa/ |
riboulerons /ʁi.bul.ʁɔ̃/ |
riboulerez /ʁi.bul.ʁe/ |
ribouleront /ʁi.bul.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | riboulerais /ʁi.bul.ʁɛ/ |
riboulerais /ʁi.bul.ʁɛ/ |
riboulerait /ʁi.bul.ʁɛ/ |
riboulerions /ʁi.bu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ribouleriez /ʁi.bu.lə.ʁje/ |
ribouleraient /ʁi.bul.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 | riboule /ʁi.bul/ |
riboules /ʁi.bul/ |
riboule /ʁi.bul/ |
riboulions /ʁi.bu.ljɔ̃/ |
ribouliez /ʁi.bu.lje/ |
riboulent /ʁi.bul/ |
| imperfect2 | riboulasse /ʁi.bu.las/ |
riboulasses /ʁi.bu.las/ |
riboulât /ʁi.bu.la/ |
riboulassions /ʁi.bu.la.sjɔ̃/ |
riboulassiez /ʁi.bu.la.sje/ |
riboulassent /ʁi.bu.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | riboule /ʁi.bul/ |
— | riboulons /ʁi.bu.lɔ̃/ |
riboulez /ʁi.bu.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “ribouler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.