Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
laughen. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
laughen, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
laughen in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
laughen you have here. The definition of the word
laughen will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
laughen, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Verb
laughen
- obsolete past participle of laugh.
Anagrams
Middle English
- laughe, laghe, laghen, lawen, leigh, leygh, leiȝe, leyȝe, lauȝe, lauȝhe, lawȝe, lyȝhe, lauȝen, lauȝwhen, leighȝen, lawhyn
- (early) lahhȝhenn, lihȝen, lehȝen, lahhen, lauhwen
Etymology
From Old English hlæhhan, alternative form of hlehhan, hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
Pronunciation
- (primarily Early ME) IPA(key): /ˈlaxən/, /ˈlɛxən/
- IPA(key): /ˈlau̯xən/, /ˈlɛi̯xən/, /ˈliːxən/
Verb
laughen
- To laugh; to break out in laughter or laughing.
a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 961–963:But right anon the worthy Knyght bigan / whan that he saugh that al the peple lough: / "Namoore of this, for it is right ynough!- But right away the worthy Knight started / when he saw that all the people laughed: / "No more of this, because that's enough!
- To express glee or joyfulness; to show happiness.
- (usually with a preposition) To reminisce about; to remember with affection.
- (rare) To laugh about an incident or thing.
Conjugation
infinitive
|
(to) laughen, laughe
|
|
present tense
|
past tense
|
1st-person singular
|
laughe
|
lough, low, laughed
|
2nd-person singular
|
laughest
|
lowe, lough, low, laughedest
|
3rd-person singular
|
laugheth
|
lough, low, laughed
|
subjunctive singular
|
laughe
|
lowe1, laughed1
|
imperative singular
|
—
|
|
plural2
|
laughen, laughe
|
lowen, lowe, laugheden, laughede
|
imperative plural
|
laugheth, laughe
|
—
|
|
participles
|
laughynge, laughende
|
laughen, laughe, laughed
|
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
Descendants
References