laugh

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
2. Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
3. (British, New-Zealand) A fun person.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
2. (figuratively, intransitive, obsolete) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
3. (intransitive) To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
4. (transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
5. (transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.

Concetti

ridere

😆

risata

riso

deridere

ridacchiare

scherzo

🤣

sorridere

😄

celia

🤣

facezia

gag

lazzo

risa

schernire

sogghignare

😏

risatina

ah ah

ridere senza controllo

sbellicarsi dalle risate

canzonare

rìde

divertimento

ridicolizzare

spasso

amenità

buffonata

buffoneria

sinonimi

smile

😄

laughter

joke

🤣

giggle

ridicule

chuckle

titter

chortle

laughing

😆

cackle

laugh at

snigger

snicker

guffaw

fun

mock

grin

😁

roar

jest

scorn

gag

express joy

deride

frolic

ha-ha

jape

joy

😂

express mirth

ha ha

be in stitches

the sound of laughter

flout

flirt with

yuks

have a good time

high jinks

hoax

hoot

in

hoot

jeer

entertainment

jocularity

detest

jovial

gigle

just for fun

defiance

laugh away

cry

😢

Traduzioni

rire

😆

lachen

😆

lachen

😆

reír

😆

rir

😆

gülmek

😆

riure

😆

Lachen

γελάω

risa

😆

يهز

reirse

ضحك

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/laːf/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: laughen

Ereditato da inglese antico: hlæhhan

Affine scozzese: lauch

Affine islandese: hlæja

Affine norvegese: -

Affine svedese: -

Affine danese: le

Affine olandese: lachen

Affine tedesco: lachen

Affine greco antico: κλώζω

Affine gallese: cloch

Affine latino: glōcīre

In summary

From Middle English laughen, laghen, from (Anglian) Old English hlæhhan, hlehhan, (West Saxon) hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
Cognates
Germanic: (with j-present) Scots lauch, Icelandic hlæja, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish le; (without) Low German lachen, Dutch lachen, German lachen.
Indo-European: Russian клекота́ть (klekotátʹ), клокота́ть (klokotátʹ), клохта́ть (kloxtátʹ) ‘to cluck, cackle’, Ancient Greek κλώζω (klṓzō), κλώσσω (klṓssō) ‘to cackle, clack’, Welsh cloch ‘bell’, possibly Latin glōcīre ‘to cluck’.

Frasi

She did laugh as she saw Heathcliff pass the window .