clown

See also Clown

English

Etymology

Likely from North Germanic, akin to Icelandic klunni (“klutz”) and Frisian klönne (“klutz”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kloun, IPA: /klaʊn/, SAMPA: /klaUn/
• Rhymes: -aʊn

Noun

clown

Wikipedia clown (plural clowns)

1. A performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick.
2. A person who acts in a silly fashion.

Synonyms

• (performance artist working in a circus):
• (person who acts in a silly fashion): buffoon, fool

Derived terms

• clown doctor
• clownfish
• clownish

Translations

performance artist working in a circus

Albanian: klloun (sq) m. Armenian: ծաղրածու (çaġraçu) Azeri: oyunbaz (az) Bulgarian: клоун (bg) m. Catalan: pallasso (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 小丑 (cmn) (xiǎochǒu) Croatian: klaun (hr) Czech: klaun (cs) m. Danish: klovn (da) Dutch: De clown Esperanto: klaŭno (eo) Finnish: klovni (fi), pelle (fi) French: clown (fr) m. German: Clown (de) m. Greek: κλόουν (clóun) m., παλιάτσος (paliátsos) m., γελωτοποιός (yelotopiós) m. Hebrew: ליצן (leitzan) m., ליצנית (leitzanyt) f. Hungarian: bohóc (hu) Ido: klauno

Indonesian: badut (id) Italian: pagliaccio (it) m. Japanese: ピエロ (ja) (piero), 道化師 (ja) (どうけし, dōkeshi) Korean: 어릿광대 (ko) Macedonian: кловн (mk) (klóvn) m., палјачо (mk) (paljáčo) m. Malay: badut (ms) Norwegian: klovn (no) m. Polish: klaun (pl) m., klown (pl) m. Portuguese: palhaço (pt) m. Romanian: clovn (ro) m., claun (ro) m., bufon (ro) m. Russian: клоун (ru) (kloun) m. Slovak: klaun (sk) m. Slovene: klovn m., klovnesa f. Spanish: payaso (es) m., payasa (es) f. Swahili: mcheshi (sw) Swedish: clown (sv) c., pajas (sv) c. Tagalog: payaso (tl) Turkish: palyaço (tr)

person acting in a silly fashion

Bulgarian: шут (bg) m., палячо (bg) n. Danish: klovn (da) Finnish: pelle (fi) French: bouffon (fr) m. German: Trottel (de) m. Greek: παλιάτσος (paliatsos) m., τζουτζές (tzutzes) m., καραγκιόζης (karagiozis) m. Hungarian: bohóc (hu) Italian: buffone (it) m.

Japanese: 道化 (dōke) Macedonian: кловн (mk) (klóvn) m. Polish: pajac (pl) m. Romanian: imbecil (ro) m., cretin (ro) m., neghiob (ro) m., paiață (ro) f. Slovene: klovn (sl) m. Swahili: mcheshi (sw) Swedish: clown (sv) c.

Verb

clown (third-person singular simple present clowns, present participle clowning, simple past and past participle clowned)

1. To act in a silly fashion.

Derived terms

• clown about (British)
• clown around

See also

• coulrophobia
• jester
• jackpudding

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /klun/, SAMPA: /klun/
• Homophone: clowns

Noun

clown m. (plural clowns)

1. clown (performer)
2. clown (person who acts in a comic way)

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

clown m. inv.

1. clown (artist)

Synonyms

• pagliaccio

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• clon

Etymology

From English clown.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /klon/

Noun

clown m. (plural clownes)

1. clown (circus performance artist)

Synonyms

• payaso m.

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Swedish

Noun

clown c.

1. clown

Declension

Declension of clown

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	clown	clownen	clowner	clownerna
genitive	clowns	clownens	clowners	clownernas

Derived terms

• clownfisk