ridicule
French
adj
Definitions
- ridiculous all meanings
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ridiculus (amusing, comical, laughable, absurd, ridiculous).
Origin
Latin
ridiculus
Gloss
amusing, comical, laughable, absurd, ridiculous
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ridiculable English
- ridicule English
- ridiculer English
- ridiculest English
- ridiculeth English
- ridiculize English
- ridiculus Latin
- rīdeō Latin
- ridicolo Italian
- ridiculement French
- ridiculiser French
- ridícul Catalan, Valencian
- ridikil Mauritian Creole
- ridikilize Mauritian Creole