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se tordre de rire

French, verb/sə tɔʁ.dʁə d(ə) ʁiʁ/

se tordre de rire is a French verb meaning “to be in stitches, to be convulsed with laughter, to be doubled up with laughter, to be rolling on the floor laughing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rire démesurément sans pouvoir s’arrêter”.

What does se tordre de rire mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to be in stitches, to be convulsed with laughter, to be doubled up with laughter, to be rolling on the floor laughing

    être à se tordre de rire

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Rire démesurément sans pouvoir s’arrêter.

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 se tordre de rire?

  • /sə tɔʁ.dʁə d(ə) ʁiʁ/
  • \sə tɔʁdʁ də ʁiʁ\

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