gondoler
French, verb/ɡɔ̃.dɔ.le/
gondoler is a French verb meaning “(of boats) to curve at the bow and stern like a gondola” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bomber en se gonflant en parlant du bois, du carton etc”.
What does gondoler mean in English?
verb
- 1
(of boats) to curve at the bow and stern like a gondola
- 2
to warp, deform (usually due to moisture)
- 3
to warp
- 4
informalto bend over laughing, to split one's sides
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Bomber en se gonflant en parlant du bois, du carton etc. 2. Se déformer, en particulier sous l'effet de l'humidité. 3. Rire aux éclats ; se tordre de rire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gondoler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- gondolant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- gondolé participle past
- gondole first-person indicative present
- gondoles indicative present second-person
- gondolons first-person indicative plural
- gondolez indicative plural present
- gondolent indicative plural present
- gondolais first-person imperfect indicative
- gondolait imperfect indicative singular
- gondolions first-person imperfect indicative
- gondoliez imperfect indicative plural
- gondolaient imperfect indicative plural
- gondolai first-person historic indicative
- gondolas historic indicative past
- gondola historic indicative past
- gondolâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gondoler?
- /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.le/
- \ɡɔ̃.dɔ.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gondoler in French?
gondoler appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).