laughter
The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelledThe sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
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Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
Their loud laughter betrayed their presence.
Gelächter, Lachen
смехsmex, хо́хотxóxot
сміхsmix, ре́гітréhit
the sound of laughing
(uncountable, usually)A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.
Gelächter, Lachen
смехsmex
сміхsmix
(archaic, uncountable, usually)A reason for merriment.
Examples
318 sentencesHe burst into laughter.
Він розсміявся. — deniko
ruОн засмеялся. — afyodor
deEr brach in schallendes Gelächter aus. — Dani6187
Tom's laughter is annoying.
Сміх Тома дратує. — Ahha
The audience exploded with laughter.
Публіка вибухнула сміхом. — ChickenKiev
ruПублика взорвалась смехом. — fjay69
deIm Publikum gab es schallendes Gelächter. — madoromi
Everyone burst into laughter.
Усі розсміялися. — deniko
ruВсе рассмеялись. — marafon
Tom exploded with laughter.
Том вибухнув сміхом. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English laughter, laghter, laȝter, from Old English hleahtor (“laughter, jubilFrom Middle English laughter, laghter, laȝter, from Old English hleahtor (“laughter, jubilation, derision”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *klek-, *kleg- (“to shout”). Cognate with German Gelächter (“laughter, hilarity, merriment”), Danish and Norwegian latter (“laughter”), Icelandic hlátur (“laughter”). More at laugh.
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Forms
plural: laughtersSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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