giggle

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.

Noun

1. A high-pitched, silly laugh.
2. (informal) Fun; an amusing episode.

Concepts

ricaner

ricanement

glousser

petit rire

rire bête

rire bêtement

rire sottement

pouffer

éclater de rire

Synonymes

titter

chuckle

laugh

😆

snicker

snigger

chortle

smile

😄

cackle

sneer

squeak

giggling

grin

😁

simper

guffaw

be in stitches

heehaw

laughter

laugh up one’s sleeve

peep

roar

smirk

😏

sniggering

tee-hee

tehee

twitter

suppressed laugh

show the teeth

amuse

Traductions

kichern

risita

Gekicher

ridacchiare

giechelen

γέλιο

χασκογελώ

χαχανίζω

risatina nervosa

rialleta

gegiechel

νευρικό

ridacchiare nervosamente

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡɪɡl̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à saterlandais: güüchelje

Appartenant à frison occidental: giechelje

Appartenant à néerlandais: giechelen

Appartenant à allemand: giggln

Appartenant à allemand: gickeln

Appartenant à suisse allemand: Guege

In summary

Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin.
Or, perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig (“to creak”), from Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”) + -le; or perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin: compare Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), dialectal German giggln, gigglen (“to giggle”), German gickeln (“to giggle”). All of these words are likely onomatopoeic as well. Also compare Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”).