rire
French
verb
Definitions
- to laugh (de at, about)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French rire inherited from Old French rire inherited from Latin *rīdĕre, rīdēre.
Origin
Latin
rīdēre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *rīdĕre Latin
- rīdeō, rīdēre, rideo Latin
- rīdēre Latin
- ridere Italian
- rieur French
- rieusement French
- riocher French
- reír Spanish, Castilian
- rire Old French
- riure Catalan, Valencian
- râde Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- rithe Norman
- rire Middle French
- riir Old Portuguese
- rir Romansh
- rir Asturian
- ridi Friulian
- rire Old Occitan
- rìdiri Sicilian
- rìdar Venetian
- riye Mauritian Creole
- rire Walloon
- ridere Tarantino