rimailler
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
rimailler
- to rhyme badly (create doggerel)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rimailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rimailler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rimaillant /ʁi.ma.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rimaillé /ʁi.ma.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rimaille /ʁi.maj/ |
rimailles /ʁi.maj/ |
rimaille /ʁi.maj/ |
rimaillons /ʁi.ma.jɔ̃/ |
rimaillez /ʁi.ma.je/ |
rimaillent /ʁi.maj/ |
| imperfect | rimaillais /ʁi.ma.jɛ/ |
rimaillais /ʁi.ma.jɛ/ |
rimaillait /ʁi.ma.jɛ/ |
rimaillions /ʁi.maj.jɔ̃/ |
rimailliez /ʁi.maj.je/ |
rimaillaient /ʁi.ma.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rimaillai /ʁi.ma.je/ |
rimaillas /ʁi.ma.ja/ |
rimailla /ʁi.ma.ja/ |
rimaillâmes /ʁi.ma.jam/ |
rimaillâtes /ʁi.ma.jat/ |
rimaillèrent /ʁi.ma.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | rimaillerai /ʁi.maj.ʁe/ |
rimailleras /ʁi.maj.ʁa/ |
rimaillera /ʁi.maj.ʁa/ |
rimaillerons /ʁi.maj.ʁɔ̃/ |
rimaillerez /ʁi.maj.ʁe/ |
rimailleront /ʁi.maj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rimaillerais /ʁi.maj.ʁɛ/ |
rimaillerais /ʁi.maj.ʁɛ/ |
rimaillerait /ʁi.maj.ʁɛ/ |
rimaillerions /ʁi.ma.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rimailleriez /ʁi.ma.jə.ʁje/ |
rimailleraient /ʁi.maj.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 | rimaille /ʁi.maj/ |
rimailles /ʁi.maj/ |
rimaille /ʁi.maj/ |
rimaillions /ʁi.maj.jɔ̃/ |
rimailliez /ʁi.maj.je/ |
rimaillent /ʁi.maj/ |
| imperfect2 | rimaillasse /ʁi.ma.jas/ |
rimaillasses /ʁi.ma.jas/ |
rimaillât /ʁi.ma.ja/ |
rimaillassions /ʁi.ma.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
rimaillassiez /ʁi.ma.ja.sje/ |
rimaillassent /ʁi.ma.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rimaille /ʁi.maj/ |
— | rimaillons /ʁi.ma.jɔ̃/ |
rimaillez /ʁi.ma.je/ |
— | |
| 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
- rimaillerie
- rimailleur
Further reading
- “rimailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.