laugh

(Inglês)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/laːf/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: laughen

Herdado de inglês arcaico: hlæhhan

Cognato com scots: lauch

Cognato com islandês: hlæja

Cognato com norueguês: -

Cognato com sueco: -

Cognato com dinamarquês: le

Cognato com holandês: lachen

Cognato com alemão: lachen

Cognato com grego arcaico: κλώζω

Cognato com galês: cloch

Cognato com latim: 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’.

Conceitos

rir

😆

riso

rir-se

risada

😆

risos

zoar

caçoar

piada

🤣

zombar

bazófia

brincadeira

diversão

jubilar

ridicularizar

chiste

🤣

rir

😆

sarro

😆

tirrar sarro

gargalhar

caçoada

tirar sarro

distração

divertimento

entretenimento

escarnecer

graça

gracejo

sorrir

😄

Sinônimos

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

😢

Frases

She did laugh as she saw Heathcliff pass the window .