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rire sous cape

French, verb/ʁiʁ su kap/

rire sous cape is a French verb meaning “to laugh in one's sleeve, to chuckle to oneself” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rire sans le montrer, rire de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, en cherchant à ne pas laisser voir qu’on en rit”.

What does rire sous cape mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to laugh in one's sleeve, to chuckle to oneself

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Rire sans le montrer, rire de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, en cherchant à ne pas laisser voir qu’on en rit.

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 sous cape?

  • /ʁiʁ su kap/
  • \ʁiʁ su kap\

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