rossignoler

French

Etymology

From rossignol +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.le/

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Verb

rossignoler

1. (transitive or intransitive) (singing) to sing like a nightingale
2. (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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).

Derived terms

• rossignolade (“birdsong, singing”)

Further reading

• “rossignoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.