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laugh

/ˈlæf/LAF
/ˈlæf/LAF

Meaninglaughing

Common meaning: to make sounds of amusement

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KARK‘make a loud noise, laugh’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 59, p. 732 · scan
  2. Old EnglishhliehhansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishlaughensource
  4. Englishlaugh‘to make sounds of amusement’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English hliehhan ‘laughing’.

Roots

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