Meaning

  1. (pronominal) to laugh (to express mirth or derision by emitting chuckling sounds)
  2. (pronominal) to laugh at; to make fun of (to make an object of ridicule)
  3. (intransitive, poetic) to laugh (to be or appear mirthful)

Synonyms

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʁi(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese riir, from Vulgar Latin *rīdīre, from Latin rīdēre.

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