ils rirent

laughed

→ rire
ri to laugh + rent they past tense
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Rare #30,017
laughed This past-tense form is mainly used in written narratives and is rare in everyday speech.
FR: Ils rirent à sa blague.
EN: They laughed at his joke.
Conjugation of rire
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First ris —
Second ris —
Third rit rirent

Quelques voisins rirent.

A few neighbors laughed.

Ses amis rirent d'elle.

Her friends laughed at her.

Tous deux rirent.

They both laughed.

Les autres élèves rirent.

The other students laughed.

Toutes deux rirent.

They both laughed.

Les autres enfants rirent.

The other children laughed.

Tous les étudiants rirent.

All the students laughed.

Ils rirent tous de son erreur.

They all laughed at his mistake.

Ils rirent tous de leur erreur.

They all laughed at their mistake.

Ils rirent.

They laughed.

Elles rirent toutes de son erreur.

They all laughed at his mistake.

Les deux rirent.

Both laughed.

Elles rirent toutes de leur erreur.

They all laughed at their mistake.