Learn Romanian › râs
râs
laughter /ˈrɨs/
noun#1633 most common
Also: laugh, laughing
Example sentences
Copilul are un râs frumos.
The child has a beautiful laugh.
Am auzit un râs din camera alăturată.
I heard laughter from the next room.
Râsul ei m-a făcut și pe mine să zâmbesc.
Her laughter made me smile too.
Sala s-a umplut de râsete după gluma lui.
The hall filled with laughter after his joke.
Râsul acela isteric ascundea, de fapt, o disperare adâncă.
That hysterical laughter actually hid a deep despair.
Filosofii au dezbătut îndelung dacă râsul este o trăsătură exclusiv umană.
Philosophers have long debated whether laughter is an exclusively human trait.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | râs | râsete |
| Genitive | râsului | râsetelor |
| Accusative | râs | râsete |
| Vocative | râs | râsete |
Word family
a râdeto laugh
surâssmile
a surâdeto smile
râsetebursts of laughter, peals of laughter
rizibillaughable, ridiculous
Etymology
Râs comes from the Latin verb ridere, to laugh. In Romanian the old past participle of a râde (to laugh) became a noun in its own right, râs, meaning the act or sound of laughing. The same Latin root gave related Romance words for laughter and smiling.
Learn Romanian the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free