rire/ʁiʁ/
verb / noun · A1 · Frequency 824
verb
Meanings
to laugh
Common verb meaning to emit laughter, usually intransitive.
Examples
Il est parfois difficile de rire quand on est très fatigué.
It is sometimes difficult to laugh when you are very tired.
Nous aimons rire ensemble après le dîner.
We like to laugh together after dinner.
Elle essaie de rire malgré cette mauvaise nouvelle.
She tries to laugh despite the bad news.
Collocations
- rire aux éclatsto burst out laughing
Common mistakes
Je rit souvent.
Je ris souvent.
The verb rire uses ris for the first-person singular present, not the third-person singular form rit.
Related words
nounmasculine
Meanings
laugh
Usually used as an uncountable noun to denote the act or sound of laughing; can also appear in plural form “rires” to indicate multiple instances or collections of laughs.
Examples
Le rire de ma soeur a rempli la maison.
My sister's laugh filled the house.
Un rire soudain a interrompu la reunion.
A sudden laugh interrupted the meeting.
Son rire communicatif a detendu toute l'equipe.
His infectious laugh relaxed the whole team.
Collocations
- un éclat de rirea burst of laughter
Common mistakes
un rire
du rire
“rire” is usually an uncountable noun and does not take the indefinite article “un”, but rather the partitive article “du”.
Related words
- synonymsouriresmile
synonymrire aux éclatsto laugh out loud
- antonympleurerto cry
verb
Meanings
to laugh
Common verb meaning to emit laughter, usually intransitive.
Examples
Riant de soulagement, elle posa enfin son sac.
Laughing with relief, she finally put down her bag.
Il traversa la cour en riant avec ses collègues.
He crossed the courtyard laughing with his colleagues.
Riant à cette plaisanterie, les élèves oublièrent leur fatigue.
Laughing at that joke, the students forgot their fatigue.
verb
Meanings
to laugh
Common verb meaning to emit laughter, usually intransitive.
Examples
Il a ri en lisant le message.
He laughed while reading the message.
J'ai ri de sa plaisanterie.
I laughed at his joke.
Nous avons ri toute la soirée.
We laughed all evening.
verb
Meanings
to laugh
Common verb meaning to emit laughter, usually intransitive.
Examples
Tu ris toujours quand je raconte cette histoire.
You always laugh when I tell this story.
Je ris de bon cœur devant les dessins de mon neveu.
I laugh wholeheartedly at my nephew's drawings.
Tu ris parce que tu connais déjà la réponse.
You laugh because you already know the answer.