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rire aux larmes

French, verb/ʁiʁ o laʁm/

rire aux larmes is a French verb meaning “to laugh out loud, to laugh one's head off, to laugh until one cries, to be in stitches” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rire beaucoup jusqu’à ce que, par une réaction physiologique, les yeux pleurent”.

What does rire aux larmes mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to laugh out loud, to laugh one's head off, to laugh until one cries, to be in stitches

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Rire beaucoup jusqu’à ce que, par une réaction physiologique, les yeux pleurent.

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 larmes?

  • /ʁiʁ o laʁm/
  • \ʁi.ʁ‿o laʁm\

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