fun

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 See also 1.3.2 Usage notes 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.6 Anagrams 2 Galician 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Verb 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English fonnen "to fool". Akin to Middle English fonne "a fool".

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʌn/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌn

[edit] Adjective

fun (comparative more fun, superlative most fun)

(slang comparative funner, slang superlative funnest; see usage notes below)

1. (informal) enjoyable, amusing.

   We had a fun time at the party.

   He is such a fun person to be with.

2. (informal) whimsical, flamboyant

   This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.

[edit] See also

• funny

[edit] Usage notes

• fun is often confused with funny. The difference is that fun things make you happy, while funny things make you laugh.
• Note that the use of fun as an adjective is often not considered acceptable in formal contexts.
• For more on the slang comparative and superlative, the use of which is disputed, see this discussion

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

fun (uncountable)

1. amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.

   I want to go out this evening and have some fun.

   What fun we're having!

   • 2000, Robert Stanley, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6, Alpha Books, page 377

     Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.

2. playful, often noisy, activity.

[edit] Synonyms

• (enjoyment, amusement): amusement, diversion, enjoyment, a laugh, pleasure
• (playful, often noisy, activity): boisterousness, horseplay, rough and tumble

[edit] Derived terms

for the fun of it fun and games fun bags funfair funfest fun-loving fun-maker funny fun run, fun runner, fun running funster

good fun great fun have fun have fun with in fun like fun make fun of poke fun at what fun!

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to fun (third-person singular simple present funs, present participle funning, simple past and past participle funned)

1. (colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at.

   Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: FNU
• NFU
• unf

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology 1

Inflected form of ir (“‘to go’”).

[edit] Verb

fun

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ir.

[edit] Etymology 2

Inflected form of ser (“‘to be’”).

[edit] Verb

fun

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ser.