hilare

See also: hilaré

English

Adjective

hilare (comparative more hilare, superlative most hilare)

1. Alternative form of hilar (hilarious)

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