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rire comme un bossu

French, verb/ʁiʁ kɔm œ̃ bɔ.sy/

rire comme un bossu is a French verb meaning “to laugh out loud; to laugh one's head off; to laugh like a drain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rire à gorge déployée, se plier de rire”.

What does rire comme un bossu mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to laugh out loud; to laugh one's head off; to laugh like a drain

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Rire à gorge déployée, se plier de rire.

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 comme un bossu?

  • /ʁiʁ kɔm œ̃ bɔ.sy/
  • \ʁiʁ kɔ.m‿œ̃ bɔ.sy\

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