rouler

Inherited from Old French ruele, roele (“small wheel”), from Medieval Latin rotulāre, from Latin rotula.

• IPA^(key): /ʁu.le/

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rouler

1. to roll
2. to revolve
3. (colloquial) to go (of events, to proceed)

   Ça roule bien chez mon ami.

   It's going well at my friend's house.

4. (of a vehicle) to work, to function
5. (intransitive) to ride; to drive (a vehicle)

   rouler à vélo sans les mains ― to ride a bike with no hands

   On a roulé à 80 km à l’heure. ― We were driving 80 km an hour.

   Il roule en Rolls ― He drives a Rolls.

   Elle roule dans un véhicule neuf. ― She drives a new vehicle.

6. (colloquial) to dupe, to trick

   se faire rouler ― to be tricked, to be duped

• Portuguese: rolar

• “rouler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ourler