rire jaune
French, noun/ʁiʁ ʒon/
rire jaune is a French masculine noun meaning “a hollow laugh, a sour laughter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rire forcé”.
What does rire jaune mean in English?
verb
- 1
to laugh in a forced way, to give a hollow laugh, to laugh grudgingly
noun
- 1
masculinea hollow laugh, a sour laughter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rire sans en avoir vraiment envie, à contre-cœur.
noun: 1. Rire forcé.
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.
Forms of rire jaune
- rires jaunes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rire jaune?
- /ʁiʁ ʒon/
- \ʁiʁ ʒon\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.