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Etymology
Anglo Saxon hleahtor; akin to Old High German hlahtar, German gelächter, Icelandic hlátur, Danish latter.

Pronunciation
italbrac|UK: IPA|/�l��ft�/, SAMPA|/"lA:ft@/
italbrac|US: AHD|l�fʹt�r, IPA|/�læft�/, SAMPA|/"l{ft@`/
audio|en-us-laughter.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��ft�(r)

Noun
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1. A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, 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.

#:Quotations
#:*The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves. - Sir Thomas Browne
#:*Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1. The sound produced by air so expelled.
2. slang A decidedly one-sided sports contest, especially where the winning team is able to score at will.

#: The final score of the football game was 70-0; what a laugher it was.

Translations
rfc-trans

Afrikaans: lag, gelag
Albanian: gaz m
Breton: c'hoarzh m -où
Bulgarian: �� m (1)
Catalan: rialla f, riure m
Croatian: smijeh m
Czech: smích m (1,2)
Danish: latter g|Danish
Dutch: gelach n, lachen n
Esperanto: ridado
Finnish: nauru
French: rire m
German: Gelächter n, Lachen n
Guaraní: puka
Hungarian: nevetés
Icelandic: hlátur m
Interlingua: riso
Irish: gáire g|Irish
Italian: riso m
mid
Japanese: �� (���, warai) (1), ��声 (�����, waraigoe) (2)
Kurdish: t+|ku|ken m (1,2), t|ku|kenîn f (1,2), KUchar|پ�ک�����, KUchar|�ا�ا� پ�ک�����
Latin: risus m
Polish: �miech m
Portuguese: riso n
Romanian: râs n rfv-gender
Russian: �ме�, �о�о� m
Spanish: risa f
Tupinambá: puká
Vietnamese: tiếng cư�i

See also
laugh

ang:laughter
ar:laughter
de:laughter
fr:laughter
hy:laughter
it:laughter
hu:laughter
ja:laughter
pt:laughter
ru:laughter
fi:laughter
te:laughter
vi:laughter
zh:laughter

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