hilare

See also: hilaré

English

Adjective

hilare (comparative more hilare, superlative most hilare)

1. Alternative form of hilar (hilarious)
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     Subsequently, the queens sashayed down the runway in their finest Silver Foxy attire, where they dressed as themselves in 50 years time, and it made for one of the most hilarious runways evaaah! Who knew Kameron would be so hilare?

French

Etymology

From Latin hilaris (“cheerful, merry”), from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.laʁ/

Adjective

hilare (plural hilares)

1. mirthful

Descendants

• → Romanian: ilar

Further reading

• “hilare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From hilaris (“cheerful”).

Adverb

hilarē (comparative hilarius, superlative hilarissimē)

1. cheerfully, joyfully

Synonyms

• (cheerfully): hilariter

Related terms

• hilarescō
• hilaria
• hilaris
• hilaritās
• hilariter
• hilaritūdo
• hilarō
• hilarulus
• hilarus

Adjective

hilare

1. nominative/accusative/vocative singular neuter of hilaris

Adjective

hilare

1. vocative singular neuter of hilarus

References

• “hilare”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hilare”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hilare in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Spanish

Verb

hilare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of hilar