giggles in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for giggles in the English»French Dictionary

I.giggle [Brit ˈɡɪɡ(ə)l, Am ˈɡɪɡəl] N

1. giggle:

giggle (silly)

petit rire m bête

giggle (nervous)

petit rire nerveux

to have a fit of the giggles

avoir le fou rire

to get the giggles

attraper un fou rire

2. giggle Brit (joke) inf:

to do sth for a giggle inf

faire qc pour rigoler inf

we had a good giggle inf!

on a bien rigolé! inf

II.giggle [Brit ˈɡɪɡ(ə)l, Am ˈɡɪɡəl] VB trans

‘I don't know!’ she giggled

‘je ne sais pas!’ dit-elle en riant bêtement or nerveusement

III.giggle [Brit ˈɡɪɡ(ə)l, Am ˈɡɪɡəl] VB intr

giggle (stupidly)

rire bêtement

giggle (nervously)

rire nerveusement

he was giggling helplessly

il avait le fou rire

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to dissolve into giggles or laughter

avoir le fou rire

muffled cough, giggle

étouffé

to collapse into giggles

avoir le fou-rire

to have an attack of giggles

être pris d'un fou rire

to have a fit of the giggles

avoir le fou rire

Translations for giggles in the French»English Dictionary

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ricaner (bêtement)

to giggle

ricanement (rire sot)

giggle

une crise de fou rire

(a fit of) the giggles pl

avoir une crise de fou rire

to get the giggles

avoir ou prendre le fou rire

to have a fit of the giggles

giggles in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for giggles in the English»French Dictionary

I.giggle [ˈgɪgl] VB intr

giggle

rire bêtement

II.giggle [ˈgɪgl] N

1. giggle (laugh):

giggle

petit rire m nerveux

to have a giggle over sth

avoir un fou rire à cause de qc

2. giggle no pl Aus, Brit inf (joke):

giggle

blague f

to do sth for a giggle

faire qc pour rire

3. giggle pl (laugh attack):

giggle

fou rire m

to get (a fit of) the giggles

avoir le fou rire

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to dissolve into giggles/laughter

être pris de ricanement/se tordre de rire

to explode into giggles

éclater de rire

to lapse into giggles

se transformer en fou rire

attack of giggles

crise de fou rire

Translations for giggles in the French»English Dictionary

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ricaner

to giggle

avoir le fou rire

to have (a fit of) the giggles [or laugh attack]

giggles Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to lapse into giggles

se transformer en fou rire

to explode into giggles

éclater de rire

attack of giggles

crise de fou rire

to have a giggle over sth

avoir un fou rire à cause de qc

to do sth for a giggle

faire qc pour rire

to get (a fit of) the giggles

avoir le fou rire

to dissolve into giggles/laughter

être pris de ricanement/se tordre de rire

to have (a fit of) the giggles [or laugh attack]

avoir le fou rire

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It evokes giggles and coquettishness; a sense of something perverse that at once fulfills man's needs and makes him debauched.

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However, she does not speak but merely motions and giggles.

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Banter was exchanged, spectacular landscapes luxuriated in, a rudely-shaped gear-stick prompted deafening man-giggles.

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Most of the girls have to make do with giggles, groans and orgasmic sighs.

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There are those who, for reasons known only to themselves, believe attaching said disguise onto the bonce prompts every passing stranger to crease up in unrestrained giggles.

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As she eats, she breaks into uncontrollable giggles, as does another patron.

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She catches herself at the last minute, revealing that it was a feint and giggles at his surprised face.

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She's a very typical preteen girl, full of giggles and gossip.

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Reflexology leave me with nothing but giggles, tickles, pins and needles.

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She giggles at the sight, then disappears and returns with another letter with perfume on it.

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