adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to laughter
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the risible muscles
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
risible
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Provoking laughter; ludicrous; ridiculous; humorously insignificant
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Easily laughing; prone to laughter
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
arousing or provoking laughter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
- an amusing fellow
- a comic hat
- a comical look of surprise
- funny stories that made everybody laugh
- a very funny writer
- it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
- a mirthful experience
- risible courtroom antics
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle French risible and directly from Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīsus (“laughter”) + -ibilis, from the perfect passive participle of rīdeō (“laugh”).
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: смехови (smehovi) — pertaining to laughter
- German: Lach- — pertaining to laughter
- Italian: risibile — pertaining to laughter
- Polish: śmiechowy — pertaining to laughter
- Russian: смеховой (smexovoj) — pertaining to laughter
- Spanish: risible — pertaining to laughter
- Bulgarian: смешен (smešen) — provoking laughter
- Bulgarian: смехотворен (smehotvoren) — provoking laughter
- Czech: směšný — provoking laughter
- Czech: humorný — provoking laughter
- Finnish: naurettava — provoking laughter
- Finnish: hupaisa — provoking laughter
- Finnish: huvittava — provoking laughter
- French: risible — provoking laughter
- German: lachhaft — provoking laughter
- Ancient Greek: γέλοιος (géloios) — provoking laughter
- Irish: áiféiseach — provoking laughter
- Italian: risibile — provoking laughter
- Latin: rīsibilis — provoking laughter
- Macedonian: смешно (smešno) — provoking laughter
- Polish: śmieszny — provoking laughter
- Portuguese: risível — provoking laughter
- Russian: смешной (smešnoj) — provoking laughter
- Lower Sorbian: směšny — provoking laughter
- Upper Sorbian: směšny — provoking laughter
- Spanish: risible — provoking laughter
- Swedish: löjlig — provoking laughter
- Swedish: skrattretande — provoking laughter
- Turkish: gülünç — provoking laughter
- Welsh: chwerthinllyd — provoking laughter
- Czech: veselý — prone to laughter
- German: lachlustig — prone to laughter
- Polish: wesoły — prone to laughter
- Russian: смешливый (smešlivyj) — prone to laughter
- Spanish: risible — prone to laughter