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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈlaːfəbl̩/ [General-Australian], /ˈlɑːfəbl̩/ [UK], /ˈlæfəbl̩/ [UK], /ˈlæfəbl̩/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-laughable.wav Forms: more laughable [comparative], most laughable [superlative]
enPR: ˈlăfəbl̩ [US] Etymology: From laugh + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|laugh|able}} laugh + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} laughable (comparative more laughable, superlative most laughable)
  1. (now rare) Fitted to excite laughter; humorous. Tags: archaic Synonyms: comical, droll, humorful, ludicrous, risible, ridiculous Translations (fitted to excite laughter): γελοῖος (geloîos) (Ancient Greek), сме́шны (smjéšny) [masculine] (Belarusian), смешен (smešen) (Bulgarian), 可笑 (kěxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), hwarthus (Cornish), směšný (Czech), latterlig (Danish), komisk (Danish), belachelijk (Dutch), ridinda (Esperanto), huvittava (Finnish), naurattava (Finnish), risible (French), lächerlich (German), lachhaft (German), γελοίος (geloíos) (Greek), αστείος (asteíos) (Greek), हास्यस्पद (hāsyaspad) (Hindi), mulatságos (Hungarian), hlægilegur (Icelandic), ridicolo (Italian), risibile (Italian), 可笑しい (okashii) (alt: おかしい) (Japanese), 人笑わせ (hito-warawase) (alt: ひとわらわせ) (Japanese), rīdiculus (Latin), lächerlech (Luxembourgish), ridíkulo (Papiamentu), lachrich (Plautdietsch), śmieszny (Polish), ridículo (Portuguese), risível (Portuguese), смешно́й (smešnój) (Russian), смехотво́рный (smexotvórnyj) (Russian), smiješno [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), smešno [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ridikulozno [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), risible (Spanish), ridículo (Spanish), irrisorio (Spanish), gülünç (Turkish), смішни́й (smišnýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-laughable-en-adj--QurOqUR Disambiguation of 'fitted to excite laughter': 90 10
  2. Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision. Synonyms: derisible, pathetic, risible Translations (worthy of derision): gülünc (Azerbaijani), hwarthus (Cornish), risible (French), ridicule (French), lachhaft (German), lächerlich (German), zum Lachen (German), nevetséges (Hungarian), rīdiculus (Latin), lachrich (Plautdietsch), smiješno [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), smešno [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ridikulozno [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), irrisorio (Spanish), risible (Spanish), ridículo (Spanish), skrattretande (Swedish), смішни́й (smišnýj) (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: laughableness, laughably Related terms: jocular
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    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Cornish translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Luxembourgish translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "smjéšny",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "сме́шны"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smešen",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "смешен"
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      "roman": "kěxiào",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "可笑"
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      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "hwarthus"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "směšný"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "latterlig"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "komisk"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "belachelijk"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "ridinda"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "huvittava"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "naurattava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "risible"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "lächerlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "lachhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "geloíos",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "γελοίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "asteíos",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "αστείος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "geloîos",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "γελοῖος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "hāsyaspad",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "हास्यस्पद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "mulatságos"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "hlægilegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "ridicolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "risibile"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おかしい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "okashii",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "可笑しい"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひとわらわせ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hito-warawase",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "人笑わせ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "rīdiculus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "lächerlech"
    },
    {
      "code": "pap",
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "ridíkulo"
    },
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "lachrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "śmieszny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "ridículo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "risível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smešnój",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "смешно́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smexotvórnyj",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "смехотво́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "smiješno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "smešno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ridikulozno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "risible"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "ridículo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "irrisorio"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "gülünç"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "smišnýj",
      "sense": "fitted to excite laughter",
      "word": "смішни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "gülünc"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "hwarthus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "risible"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "ridicule"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "lachhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "lächerlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "zum Lachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "nevetséges"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "rīdiculus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "lachrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "smiješno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "smešno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ridikulozno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "irrisorio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "risible"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "ridículo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "skrattretande"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "smišnýj",
      "sense": "worthy of derision",
      "word": "смішни́й"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laughable"
}

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