rossignoler
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.le/
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Verb
rossignoler
- (transitive or intransitive) (singing) to sing like a nightingale
- (transitive) to pick (a lock)
- Synonym: crocheter
Conjugation
Conjugation of rossignoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rossignoler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rossignolant /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rossignolé /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rossignole /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ |
rossignoles /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ |
rossignole /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ |
rossignolons /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɔ̃/ |
rossignolez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.le/ |
rossignolent /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ |
| imperfect | rossignolais /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɛ/ |
rossignolais /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɛ/ |
rossignolait /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɛ/ |
rossignolions /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
rossignoliez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lje/ |
rossignolaient /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rossignolai /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.le/ |
rossignolas /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.la/ |
rossignola /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.la/ |
rossignolâmes /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lam/ |
rossignolâtes /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lat/ |
rossignolèrent /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | rossignolerai /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁe/ |
rossignoleras /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁa/ |
rossignolera /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁa/ |
rossignolerons /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁɔ̃/ |
rossignolerez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁe/ |
rossignoleront /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rossignolerais /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁɛ/ |
rossignolerais /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁɛ/ |
rossignolerait /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.ʁɛ/ |
rossignolerions /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rossignoleriez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lə.ʁje/ |
rossignoleraient /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl.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 | rossignole /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ |
rossignoles /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ |
rossignole /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ |
rossignolions /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
rossignoliez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lje/ |
rossignolent /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ |
| imperfect2 | rossignolasse /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.las/ |
rossignolasses /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.las/ |
rossignolât /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.la/ |
rossignolassions /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
rossignolassiez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.la.sje/ |
rossignolassent /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rossignole /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ |
— | rossignolons /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.lɔ̃/ |
rossignolez /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- rossignolade (“birdsong, singing”)
Further reading
- “rossignoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.