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se tordre les côtes

French, verb/sə tɔʁ.dʁə le kot/

se tordre les côtes is a French verb meaning “to be in stitches” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rire démesurément”.

What does se tordre les côtes mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    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 démesurément.

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 les côtes?

  • /sə tɔʁ.dʁə le kot/
  • \sə tɔʁdʁ le kot\

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