mirth

Signification (Anglais)

1. (uncountable, usually) The emotion usually following humor and accompanied by laughter.
2. (uncountable, usually) That which causes merriment.

Concepts

gaieté

hilarité

allégresse

joie

😂

gaîté

Opposé de

sadness, gloom, mirthless, happiness

Synonymes

joy

😂

gaiety

hilarity

merriment

glee

cheer

exhilaration

cheerfulness

festivity

mirthfulness

joviality

jollity

laughter

fun

gleefulness

elation

conviviality

delight

amusement

happiness

pleasure

rejoicing

sport

exultation

joyousness

jocundity

game

gayness

gladness

pastime

jocoseness

jocosity

jocularity

joke

🤣

joking

jolliness

excitement

entertainment

energy

joyfulness

jubilation

laughing

😆

consolation

chuckle

merriness

merrymaking

chirpiness

play

playfulness

humour

Traductions

alegría

😂

Fröhlichkeit

😂

ευθυμία

júbilo

κέφι

gioia

😂

vrolijkheid

alegria

😂

allegria

Belustigung

gute Laune

Freude

😂

χαρά

giocondità

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɜɹθ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: merth

Hérité de ancien anglais: mergþ

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: merchte

In summary

From Middle English merth, myrthe, murhthe, from Old English myrġþ (“mirth, joy”), from Proto-West Germanic *murgiþu (“briefness, brevity”); equivalent to merry + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch merchte (“pleasure, joy, delight”).