ribouler

French

Etymology

From rebouler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.bu.le/

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Verb

ribouler

1. (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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (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.