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rire — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • laugh verb To make the sound and facial movements that show amusement or delight.
  • laughter noun The sound or act of laughing.

Senses

rire is used for these senses in English:

  • laugh An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
  • laugh (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
  • laughter A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.

laugh — full definition

  1. verb To make the sound and facial movements that show amusement or delight.
  2. noun The act or sound of laughing.
  3. noun Something that causes amusement; a source of fun.
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