clown

See also Clown

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: kloun, IPA: /klaʊn/, X-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.
3. (UK) A stupid person.

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
• Arabic: مهرج (ar) (muharrij) m
• Armenian: ծաղրածու (hy) (çaġraçu)
• Asturian: payasu (ast) m
• Azeri: oyunbaz (az)
• Belarusian: клоўн (be) (kloŭn) m
• Bulgarian: клоун (bg) (klóun) m
• Catalan: pallasso (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小丑 (cmn) (xiǎochǒu)

• Czech: klaun (cs) m
• Danish: klovn (da)
• Dutch: clown (nl) m
• Esperanto: klaŭno (eo)
• Faroese: íspegil (fo) m, (colloquial) klovnur (fo) m
• Finnish: klovni (fi), pelle (fi)
• French: clown (fr) m
• Galician: pallaso (gl) m
• German: Clown (de) m
• Greek: κλόουν (el) (clóun) m, παλιάτσος (el) (paliátsos) m, γελωτοποιός (el) (yelotopiós) m
• Hebrew: ליצן (he) (leitzan) m, ליצנית (he) (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) (eoritgwangdae), 광대 (ko) (gwangdae)
• Macedonian: кловн (mk) (klóvn) m, палјачо (mk) (paljáčo) m
• Malay: badut (ms)
• Malayalam: കോമാളി (ml) (kōmāḷi)
• Marathi: जोकर (mr) (jokara) m
• 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) (klóun) m, шут (ru) (šut) m, паяц (ru) (pajác) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клаун (sh) m, кловн (sh) m

  Roman: klaun (sh) m, klovn (sh) m

• Slovak: klaun (sk) m
• Slovene: klovn (sl) m, klovnesa (sl) f
• Spanish: payaso (es) m, payasa (es) f
• Swahili: mcheshi (sw)
• Swedish: clown (sv) c, pajas (sv) c
• Tagalog: payaso (tl)
• Turkish: palyaço (tr)
• Ukrainian: клоун (uk) (klóun) m

person acting in a silly fashion

• Bulgarian: шут (bg) (šut) m, палячо (bg) (paljáčo) 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 (ja) (どうけ, dōke)

• Jèrriais: bouffon m
• Macedonian: кловн (mk) (klóvn) m
• Polish: pajac (pl) m
• Portuguese: palhaço (pt) m
• Romanian: imbecil (ro) m, cretin (ro) m, neghiob (ro) m, paiață (ro) f
• Russian: клоун (ru) (klóun) m, шут (ru) (šut) m, паяц (ru) (pajác) m
• 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/, X-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 (invariable)

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