laugh in Malay
ketawa
UK/lɑːf/
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Australia/lɐːf/
laugh in Malay: ketawa, gelak, tawa. In English, laugh means an expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
Malay words for laugh
- expression of mirth peculiar to the human species
- ketawa, gelak
- show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds
- tawa, ketawa, gelak
English meaning of laugh
- noun An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
- noun Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
- noun A fun person.
- verb To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
laugh in a sentence
- His deep laughs boomed through the room.
- Your new hat's an absolute laugh, dude.
- There were many laughing children running on the school grounds.
Synonyms of laugh
laugh in other languages
- laugh in Hindi
- laugh in Tamil
- laugh in Marathi
- laugh in Urdu
- laugh in Bengali
- laugh in Telugu
- laugh in Malayalam
- laugh in Kannada
- laugh in Punjabi
- laugh in Gujarati
- laugh in Odia
- laugh in Sanskrit
- laugh in Sinhala
- laugh in Assamese
- laugh in Nepali
- laugh in Pashto
- laugh in Tagalog
- laugh in Arabic
- laugh in Indonesian
- laugh in Persian
- laugh in Thai
- laugh in Vietnamese
- laugh in Myanmar
Questions about laugh in Malay
- What is the meaning of laugh in Malay?
- Laugh in Malay is ketawa, gelak, tawa.
- Apakah maksud laugh dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Laugh: ketawa, gelak, tawa.
- What does laugh mean in English?
- Laugh means an expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: laugh (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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