rire aux éclats

French, verb/ʁi.ʁ‿o.z‿e.kla/

rire aux éclats is a French verb meaning “to laugh out loud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rire intensément et bruyamment”.

What does rire aux éclats mean in English?

verb

1
informalto laugh out loud

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Rire intensément et bruyamment.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce rire aux éclats?

/ʁi.ʁ‿o.z‿e.kla/
\ʁi.ʁ‿o.z‿e.kla\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to rire aux éclats

roar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.