rossignoler
French, verb/ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.le/
rossignoler is spelled R-O-S-S-I-G-N-O-L-E-R (11 letters). Rossignoler is a French verb meaning “(singing) to sing like a nightingale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chanter, en parlant du rossignol”.
What does rossignoler mean in English?
verb
- 1
(singing) to sing like a nightingale
- 2
to pick (a lock)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Chanter, en parlant du rossignol. 2. Chanter mélodieusement, en parlant d’autres oiseaux ou de personnes.
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 rossignoler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- rossignolant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- rossignolé participle past
- rossignole first-person indicative present
- rossignoles indicative present second-person
- rossignolons first-person indicative plural
- rossignolez indicative plural present
- rossignolent indicative plural present
- rossignolais first-person imperfect indicative
- rossignolait imperfect indicative singular
- rossignolions first-person imperfect indicative
- rossignoliez imperfect indicative plural
- rossignolaient imperfect indicative plural
- rossignolai first-person historic indicative
- rossignolas historic indicative past
- rossignola historic indicative past
- rossignolâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rossignoler?
- /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.le/
- \ʁɔ.si.ɲɔ.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.