rigole

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of rigoler:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of rigoler:

Concepts

ditch

channel

drain

gutter

swale

trench

brook

waterway

canal

chute

stream

Synonyms

fossé

canal

tranchée

ruisseau

oued

Translations

acequia

rivolo

Graben

greppel

ark

zanja

trinchera

cuneta

Schanze

Bach

Wassergraben

valo

fossato

αυλάκι

sloot

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁi.ɡɔl/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: regol

In summary

Inherited from Old French regol, from Middle Dutch regel (“row”), from Latin rēgula (“straight line”). Doublet of rail, règle, reille, and rille.