Laughter in Different Languages. Learn How to Say and Translate
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Laughter in Different Languages: Please find below many ways to say laughter in different languages. This page features translation of the word "laughter" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce laughter and how to read it.
Saying Laughter in European Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say laughter | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | e qeshura | |
| Basque | barreak | |
| Belarusian | смех [smiech] | |
| Bosnian | smeh | |
| Bulgarian | смях [smyakh] | |
| Catalan | riure | |
| Corsican | risata | |
| Croatian | smijeh | |
| Czech | smích | |
| Danish | latter | |
| Dutch | gelach | |
| Estonian | naer | |
| Finnish | nauru | |
| French | rire | |
| Frisian | laitsjen | |
| Galician | risas | |
| German | Lachen | |
| Greek | γέλιο [gélio] | |
| Hungarian | nevetés | |
| Icelandic | hlátur | |
| Irish | gáire | |
| Italian | risata | |
| Latvian | smiekli | |
| Lithuanian | juokas | |
| Luxembourgish | laachen | |
| Macedonian | смеа [smea] | |
| Maltese | daħk | |
| Norwegian | latter | |
| Polish | śmiech | |
| Portuguese | risada | |
| Romanian | râsete | |
| Russian | смех [smekh] | |
| Scots Gaelic | gàire | |
| Serbian | смех [smeh] | |
| Slovak | smiech | |
| Slovenian | smeh | |
| Spanish | risa | |
| Swedish | skratt | |
| Tatar | көлү | |
| Ukrainian | сміх [smikh] | |
| Welsh | chwerthin | |
| Yiddish | געלעכטער [gelekhter] |
Saying Laughter in Asian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say laughter | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | ծիծաղ [tsitsagh] | |
| Azerbaijani | gülüş | |
| Bengali | হাসি [hāsi] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 笑声 [xiào shēng] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 笑聲 [xiào shēng] | |
| Georgian | სიცილი [sitsili] | |
| Gujarati | હાસ્ય [hāsya] | |
| Hindi | हँसी [hansee] | |
| Hmong | luag | |
| Japanese | 笑い | |
| Kannada | ನಗು [nagu] | |
| Kazakh | күлкі [külki] | |
| Khmer | សំណើច | |
| Korean | 웃음 [us-eum] | |
| Kyrgyz | күлкү [külkü] | |
| Lao | ຫົວເລາະ [ hualo] | |
| Malayalam | ചിരി [chiri] | |
| Marathi | हशा [haśā] | |
| Mongolian | инээд [ineed] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ရယ်မောခြင်း။ [ raalmawhkyinn ] | |
| Nepali | हाँसो [hām̐sō] | |
| Odia | ହସ | |
| Pashto | خندا | |
| Punjabi | ਹਾਸਾ [hāsā] | |
| Sindhi | کلڻ | |
| Sinhala | සිනහව [sinahava] | |
| Tajik | ханда | |
| Tamil | சிரிப்பு [sirippu] | |
| Telugu | నవ్వు [navvu] | |
| Thai | เสียงหัวเราะ | |
| Turkish | kahkaha | |
| Turkmen | gülki | |
| Urdu | ہنسی | |
| Uyghur | كۈلكە | |
| Uzbek | kulgu | |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng cười | |
Saying Laughter in Middle-Eastern Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say laughter | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ضحك [dahik] | |
| Hebrew | צחוק | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | pêkenîn | |
| Persian | خنده | |
Saying Laughter in African Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say laughter | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | lag | |
| Amharic | ሳቅ [sak’i] | |
| Chichewa | kuseka | |
| Hausa | dariya | |
| Igbo | ochi | |
| Kinyarwanda | urwenya | |
| Sesotho | ditsheho | |
| Shona | kuseka | |
| Somali | qosol | |
| Swahili | kicheko | |
| Xhosa | ukuhleka | |
| Yoruba | ẹrín | |
| Zulu | ukuhleka | |
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"Laughter in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/laughter.
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