Laughter
//ˈlɑːftə//
Translations of "laughter" (90 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | аччара(sound (as) of laughing) | aččara | |
| Albanian | gajasje(sound (as) of laughing), qeshje(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Amharic | ሳቅ(sound (as) of laughing) | saḳ | |
| Ancient Greek | γέλως(sound (as) of laughing), γέλως(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | gélōs, gélōs | |
| Arabic | ضَحِك(sound (as) of laughing), ضِحْك(sound (as) of laughing) | ḍaḥik, ḍiḥk | |
| Armenian | ծիծաղ(sound (as) of laughing), ծիծաղ(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), քրքիջ(sound (as) of laughing), քրքիջ(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | cicaġ, cicaġ, kʻrkʻiǰ, kʻrkʻiǰ | |
| Aromanian | arãs(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | gülüş(sound (as) of laughing), qəhqəhə(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Basque | barre(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Belarusian | ро́гат(sound (as) of laughing), смех(sound (as) of laughing) | róhat, smjex | |
| Bengali | হাসি(sound (as) of laughing) | haśi | |
| Bulgarian | смях(sound (as) of laughing) | smjah | |
| Burmese | ရယ်မောခြင်း(sound (as) of laughing) | raimau:hkrang: | |
| Catalan | rialla(sound (as) of laughing), rialla(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), riallada(sound (as) of laughing), riure(sound (as) of laughing), riure(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 笑(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), 笑聲 /笑声(sound (as) of laughing) | xiào, xiàoshēng | |
| Church Slavic | смѣхъ(sound (as) of laughing) | směxŭ | |
| Czech | smích(sound (as) of laughing), smích(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Danish | grin(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), latter(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Dutch | gelach(sound (as) of laughing), gelach(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), lachen(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Esperanto | ridado(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Estonian | naer(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Finnish | nauru(sound (as) of laughing), nauru(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| French | rire(sound (as) of laughing), rire(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Friulian | ridade(sound (as) of laughing), ridi(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Galician | risa(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Georgian | სიცილი(sound (as) of laughing) | sicili | |
| German | Gelächter(sound (as) of laughing), Gelächter(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), Lachen(sound (as) of laughing), Lachen(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Greek | γέλιο(sound (as) of laughing), γέλιο(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | gélio, gélio | |
| Hebrew | צְחוֹק(sound (as) of laughing) | ts'khok | |
| Higaonon | potawa(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Hindi | हंसी(sound (as) of laughing) | hansī | |
| Hungarian | nevetés(sound (as) of laughing), nevetés(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Icelandic | hlátur(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Indonesian | gelak(sound (as) of laughing), ketawa(sound (as) of laughing), tawa(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Irish | gáire(sound (as) of laughing), gáire(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Italian | risata(sound (as) of laughing), risata(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), riso(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Japanese | 笑い(sound (as) of laughing), 笑い(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), 笑い声(sound (as) of laughing) | warai, warai, waraigoe | |
| Javanese | guyu(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Kazakh | күлкі(sound (as) of laughing) | külkı | |
| Khmer | ក្អាក(sound (as) of laughing), សំណើច(sound (as) of laughing), សំណើច(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), ហស(sound (as) of laughing), ហាស(sound (as) of laughing) | k’aak, sɑmnaəc, sɑmnaəc, hɑh, haah | |
| Korean | 웃음(sound (as) of laughing) | useum | |
| Kyrgyz | кулуу(sound (as) of laughing), күлкү(sound (as) of laughing) | kuluu, külkü | |
| Lao | ສຽງຫົວ(sound (as) of laughing), ສຽງຫົວ(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | sīang hūa, sīang hūa | |
| Latin | cachinnus(sound (as) of laughing), rīsus(sound (as) of laughing), rīsus(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Latvian | smiekli(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Lithuanian | juõkas(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Low German | Lachen(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | směch(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Macedonian | сме́а(sound (as) of laughing), смеа(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | sméa, smea | |
| Malay | ketawa(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Maltese | daħq(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Marathi | हास्य(sound (as) of laughing) | hāsya | |
| Middle English | laughter(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Mongolian | инээд(sound (as) of laughing) | ineed | |
| Navajo | dloh(sound (as) of laughing), dloh(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | ken(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Norwegian | latter(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Occitan | ris(sound (as) of laughing), risada(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Old East Slavic | смѣхъ(sound (as) of laughing) | směxŭ | |
| Old English | hleahtor(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Oromo | kolfa(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Persian | خنده(sound (as) of laughing) | xande | |
| Polish | śmiech(sound (as) of laughing), śmiech(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Portuguese | risada(sound (as) of laughing), risada(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), riso(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), risos(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Punjabi | ਹਲਰਾ(sound (as) of laughing), ਹਾਸਾ(sound (as) of laughing) | halrā, hāsā | |
| Quechua | asiy(sound (as) of laughing), asiy(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Romanian | râs(sound (as) of laughing), râset(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Romansch | riem(sound (as) of laughing), riez(sound (as) of laughing), risada(sound (as) of laughing), risaglia(sound (as) of laughing), riöz(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Russian | смех(sound (as) of laughing), смех(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), хо́хот(sound (as) of laughing) | smex, smex, xóxot | |
| Sanskrit | हास(sound (as) of laughing) | hāsa | |
| Sardinian | risida(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | gàire(sound (as) of laughing), gàire(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | hȉhōt(sound (as) of laughing), kȉkōt(sound (as) of laughing), smijȇh(sound (as) of laughing), smijȇh(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), smȇh(sound (as) of laughing), кикот(sound (as) of laughing), сме̑х(sound (as) of laughing), смије̑х(sound (as) of laughing), хихот(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Skolt Sami | smiâhh(sound (as) of laughing), smiâhh(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Slovak | smiech(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Slovene | smeh(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Spanish | risa(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Swedish | skratt(sound (as) of laughing), skratt(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | — | |
| Tagalog | pagtawa(movement of the muscles of the laughing face), tawa(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Tajik | ханда(sound (as) of laughing) | xanda | |
| Thai | เสียงหัวเราะ(sound (as) of laughing) | sǐang hǔa rɔ́ | |
| Turkish | gülüş(sound (as) of laughing), kahkaha(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Turkmen | gülki(sound (as) of laughing), jakyrdy(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Ugaritic | 𐎕𐎈𐎖(sound (as) of laughing) | ṣḥq | |
| Ukrainian | ре́гіт(sound (as) of laughing), сміх(sound (as) of laughing), сміх(movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | réhit, smix, smix | |
| Upper Sorbian | směch(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Urdu | ہنسی(sound (as) of laughing) | hansī | |
| Uzbek | kulgi(sound (as) of laughing), kulish(sound (as) of laughing), qahqaha(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Vietnamese | sự cười(sound (as) of laughing), tiếng cười(sound (as) of laughing) | — | |
| Yiddish | געלעכטער(sound (as) of laughing) | gelekhter |
gajasje, qeshje
arãs
gülüş, qəhqəhə
barre
rialla, rialla, riallada, riure, riure
smích, smích
grin, latter
gelach, gelach, lachen
ridado
naer
nauru, nauru
rire, rire
ridade, ridi
risa
Gelächter, Gelächter, Lachen, Lachen
potawa
nevetés, nevetés
hlátur
gelak, ketawa, tawa
gáire, gáire
risata, risata, riso
guyu
cachinnus, rīsus, rīsus
smiekli
juõkas
Lachen
směch
ketawa
daħq
laughter
dloh, dloh
latter
ris, risada
hleahtor
kolfa
śmiech, śmiech
risada, risada, riso, risos
asiy, asiy
râs, râset
riem, riez, risada, risaglia, riöz
risida
gàire, gàire
hȉhōt, kȉkōt, smijȇh, smijȇh, smȇh, кикот, сме̑х, смије̑х, хихот
smiâhh, smiâhh
smiech
smeh
risa
skratt, skratt
pagtawa, tawa
gülüş, kahkaha
gülki, jakyrdy
směch
kulgi, kulish, qahqaha
sự cười, tiếng cười
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.