rigole
See also: rigolé
English
editNoun
editrigole (plural rigoles)
- Alternative form of regal (“type of organ”)
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editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old French regol, from Middle Dutch regel (“row”), from Latin rēgula (“straight line”). Doublet of rail, règle, reille, and rille.
Noun
editrigole f (plural rigoles)
- (agriculture) furrow, channel (small trench cut in the soil or rock for irrigation or for planting seeds)
- (geography) groove, fissure, hollow (naturally occurring depression or furrow, often due to a meteorological event)
- (figurative) furrow (deep wrinkle, usually in the face)
- rivulet, streamlet
Etymology 2
editVerb
editrigole
- inflection of rigoler:
Further reading
edit- “rigole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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