haha

Alternative forms




Etymology 1
From, , from , ultimately. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, , all expressions of joy or of laughter.

Interjection

 * 1) An onomatopoeic representation of laughter.

Usage notes
Additional reduplication is often used to express more sincere or expressive laughter (e.g. hahahaha!). In text messaging, a simple haha can be ambiguous as to whether it expresses genuine amusement, so is commonly used to express sincere amusement.

Translations

 * Antillean Creole: kyakya
 * Arabic: هَهَهَ, خَخَخَ, هَاهَا
 * Armenian: հահա
 * Basque: karkarkar
 * Bulgarian: ха-ха
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: ha, ha ha, hæhæ
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: haha, ĥaĥa
 * Finnish: ha-ha
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: χαχα
 * Ancient: ἃ ἅ
 * Hebrew:, חָה־חָה־חָה
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: haha
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ahah
 * Japanese: わはは, あはは, ハハハ, 呵呵
 * Korean:, ㅋㅋㅋ
 * Latin: hahahae
 * Macedonian: хаха, ха-ха, ха ха
 * Marathi: हा हा, ही ही, खी खी, खे खे
 * Norwegian: hehe, haha, hihi,
 * Persian: ها ها
 * Polish: ha ha, he he, hi hi
 * Portuguese: haha, ,
 * Russian:, , , , ахаха, бхаха, мбхаха, ухаха, охохо, ихихи, ухуху, агага, ыгыгы, ыыы
 * Serbo-Croatian: haha
 * Spanish: jaja
 * Swedish:, ,  håhå, höhö
 * Thai: 555, ฮ่าๆ
 * Turkish: haha, hehe
 * Vietnamese:, há há, hi hi, hí hí, hờ hờ, hô hố, , a hi hi, khà khà

Verb

 * 1) To laugh.

Etymology 2
. The French term attested 1686 in toponyms in (present-day Quebec); compare modern. Usual etymology is that an expression of surprise – “ha ha” or “ah! ah!” is exclaimed on encountering such a boundary. In France this is traditionally attributed to the reaction of to encountering such a feature in the gardens of the. The English term attested 1712, in translation by John James of French La theorie et la pratique du jardinage (1709) by : "Grills of iron are very necessary ornaments in the lines of walks, to extend the view, and to show the country to advantage. At present we frequently make thoroughviews, called Ah, Ah, which are openings in the walls, without grills, to the very level of the walks, with a large and deep ditch at the foot of them, lined on both sides to sustain the earth, and prevent the getting over; which surprises the eye upon coming near it, and makes one laugh, Ha! Ha! from where it takes its name. This sort of opening is haha, on some occasions, to be preferred, for that it does not at all interrupt the prospect, as the bars of a grill do."

Noun



 * 1) Type of boundary to a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, designed not to interrupt the view and to be invisible until closely approached.

Noun

 * 1) A large leafy Hawaiian plant,.

Noun

 * 1)  body

Interjection

 * 1) haha representation of laughter

Etymology
Duplication of.

Interjection

 * 1) haha, ha-ha laughing

Etymology 1
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Interjection

 * 1) ha-ha imitative of laughter

Etymology 2
French term attested 1686 in toponyms in (present-day Quebec); compare modern. Usual etymology is that an expression of surprise – “ha ha” or “ah! ah!” is exclaimed on encountering such a boundary. In France this is traditionally attributed to the reaction of to encountering such a feature in the gardens of the.

Noun

 * 1) ha-ha ditch acting as a sunken fence

Verb

 * 1)  to laugh

Verb

 * 1) look for

Etymology
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Interjection

 * 1)  representation of laughter

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) mouth

Noun

 * 1) big rip; big tear

Adjective

 * 1) with a big rip or tear

Noun

 * 1)  thigh; lap