lol
Translingual
English
Pronunciation
Translations
Used to express laughter — see LOL
Verb
lol (third-person singular simple present lols, present participle loling or lolling, simple past and past participle loled or lol'd or lolled or lold)
- (Internet slang, text messaging, intransitive) Alternative form of LOL
Particle
lol
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Neutralises the tone of a message; denotes that a message is light-hearted or casual.
- Are you really that bad lol?
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔl/
Audio (file)
Danish
Dutch
FWOTD – 30 September 2012
Etymology
Uncertain. Found in publications from as early as 1560. Probably derived from the onomatopoeia lullen, originally meaning 'to snooze'. Compare English loll.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔl
Noun
lol f (uncountable, diminutive lolletje n)
- fun
- Wij hebben veel lol.
- We are having a lot of fun.
- Wat een lol!
- What a laugh!
- 2012, Raymond Klompsma, Stefan Wobben, Zo kan het ook: websites ontwerp je voor mensen, Concept7, page 25:
- Dit zijn mensen die graag lol hebben in hun leven, die zich prettig willen voelen.
- These are people who like to have fun in their lives, who want to feel good.
- LOL ("laughing out loud", although it is not an acronym in Dutch)
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔl/
Audio (file) Audio (Switzerland) (file)
Derived terms
- lolement
- loler
- lolesque
Volapük
Etymology
From English rose, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (“sweetbriar”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lol/, /lɔl/
Quotations
Welsh
Etymology
Probably of expressive origin; compare English loll (“to lie in a lazy way”), Dutch lullen (“to loiter, hang around”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔl/
- Rhymes: -ɔl
Derived terms
- twt lol (“nonsense”)
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