riboter
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French ribaud (“scoundrel”) + -er, from riber (“to be licentious”), from Frankish *rīban (“to copulate, be in heat”, literally “to rub”), from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną (“to turn, twist, writhe”).
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
riboter
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of riboter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | riboter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ribotant /ʁi.bɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | riboté /ʁi.bɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ribote /ʁi.bɔt/ |
ribotes /ʁi.bɔt/ |
ribote /ʁi.bɔt/ |
ribotons /ʁi.bɔ.tɔ̃/ |
ribotez /ʁi.bɔ.te/ |
ribotent /ʁi.bɔt/ |
| imperfect | ribotais /ʁi.bɔ.tɛ/ |
ribotais /ʁi.bɔ.tɛ/ |
ribotait /ʁi.bɔ.tɛ/ |
ribotions /ʁi.bɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
ribotiez /ʁi.bɔ.tje/ |
ribotaient /ʁi.bɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ribotai /ʁi.bɔ.te/ |
ribotas /ʁi.bɔ.ta/ |
ribota /ʁi.bɔ.ta/ |
ribotâmes /ʁi.bɔ.tam/ |
ribotâtes /ʁi.bɔ.tat/ |
ribotèrent /ʁi.bɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | riboterai /ʁi.bɔ.tʁe/ |
riboteras /ʁi.bɔ.tʁa/ |
ribotera /ʁi.bɔ.tʁa/ |
riboterons /ʁi.bɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
riboterez /ʁi.bɔ.tʁe/ |
riboteront /ʁi.bɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | riboterais /ʁi.bɔ.tʁɛ/ |
riboterais /ʁi.bɔ.tʁɛ/ |
riboterait /ʁi.bɔ.tʁɛ/ |
riboterions /ʁi.bɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
riboteriez /ʁi.bɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
riboteraient /ʁi.bɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | ribote /ʁi.bɔt/ |
ribotes /ʁi.bɔt/ |
ribote /ʁi.bɔt/ |
ribotions /ʁi.bɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
ribotiez /ʁi.bɔ.tje/ |
ribotent /ʁi.bɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | ribotasse /ʁi.bɔ.tas/ |
ribotasses /ʁi.bɔ.tas/ |
ribotât /ʁi.bɔ.ta/ |
ribotassions /ʁi.bɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
ribotassiez /ʁi.bɔ.ta.sje/ |
ribotassent /ʁi.bɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ribote /ʁi.bɔt/ |
— | ribotons /ʁi.bɔ.tɔ̃/ |
ribotez /ʁi.bɔ.te/ |
— | |
| 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “riboter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
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Verb edit
riboter (gerund ribot'tie)
Derived terms edit
- riboteux (“boozer”)