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laugher

/ˈlɒkə/LAH-kur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈlɑkɚ/LAH-kur

Meaningone who laughs

Common meaning: a person who laughs

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kark-‘make a loud noise, laugh’source
  2. Old EnglishhliehhansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishlaughensource
  4. Englishlaugh‘to make sounds of amusement’
  5. Englishformed in English from laughlaugher‘a person who laughs’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from laugh + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), LAUGH, p.323 · scan

Source words

  • hliehhan Old English · source word “laughing”

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