giggle

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

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

Noun

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

Concetti

ridacchiare

ridacchiare nervosamente

risatina nervosa

ridarella

risarella

risatina

fare scherzi leggeri

riderella

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

kichern

ricaner

Gekicher

risita

giechelen

ricanement

γέλιο

χασκογελώ

χαχανίζω

rialleta

gegiechel

νευρικό

glousser

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɡɪɡl̩/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine saterfriesisch: güüchelje

Affine frisone occidentale: giechelje

Affine olandese: giechelen

Affine tedesco: giggln

Affine tedesco: gickeln

Affine tedesco svizzero: 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”).