rigole

See also: rigolé

English

Noun

rigole (plural rigoles)

  1. Alternative form of regal (type of organ)

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁi.ɡɔl/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French regol, from Middle Dutch regel (row), from Latin rēgula (straight line).

Noun

rigole f (plural rigoles)

  1. (agriculture) furrow, channel (small trench cut in the soil or rock for irrigation or for planting seeds)
  2. (geography) groove, fissure, hollow (naturally occurring depression or furrow, often due to a meteorological event)
  3. (figurative) furrow (deep wrinkle, usually in the face)
  4. rivulet, streamlet

Verb

rigole

  1. inflection of rigoler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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