funny

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: fŭnʹē, IPA: /ˈfʌni/, X-SAMPA: /"fVni/

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• Rhymes: -ʌni

Etymology 1

From fun +‎ -y.

Adjective

funny (comparative funnier, superlative funniest)

1. amusing; humorous; comical [from the mid-18th c.]

   When I went to the circus, I only found the clowns funny.

2. strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant [from the early 19th c.]

   The milk smelt funny so I poured it away.

   I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:funny
• See also Wikisaurus:strange

Related terms

• fun

Derived terms

• funnies
• funny bone
• funny farm
• funny pages
• funny papers

Translations

amusing; comical

• Alabama: tasihmo
• Arabic: مُضْحِك، هَزْلي
• Catalan: divertit (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可笑 (cmn) (kěxiào)

• Czech: legrační, zábavný
• Danish: morsom (da), sjov (da)
• Dutch: grappig (nl)
• Esperanto: komika (eo)
• Estonian: naljakas (et)
• Finnish: hassu (fi), hauska (fi), hupaisa (fi), huvittava (fi), koominen (fi)
• French: drôle (fr), amusant (fr), rigolo (fr) (familiar), marrant (fr) (familiar)
• Georgian: სასაცილო (ka) (sasac'ilo) 
• German: komisch (de), lustig (de), spaßig (de)
• Greek: αστείος (el) (asteíos), διασκεδαστικός (el) (diaskedastikós)
• Hungarian: vicces (hu)
• Icelandic: fyndinn (is) m, skemmtilegur (is) m, hnyttinn (is) m, smellinn (is) m
• Indonesian: lucu (id)
• Irish: greannmhar (ga)

• Italian: buffo (it) m, buffa (it) f, divertente (it), esilarante (it)
• Japanese: おもしろい (ja), 可笑しい (ja) (おかしい, okashii)
• Korean: 우스운 (ko), 재미있는 (ko)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: عه‌نتیکه‌

• Luxembourgish: komesch (lb), lëschteg (lb), spaasseg (lb)
• Neapolitan: spassùso
• Norwegian: artig (no)

  Bokmål: morsom (no), gøy (no)

  Nynorsk: morosam (no)

• Polish: zabawny (pl) m
• Portuguese: engraçado (pt), divertido (pt)
• Romanian: caraghios (ro)
• Russian: смешной (ru) (smešnój) , забавный (ru) (zabávnyj) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: èibhinn (gd), àbhachdach (gd)
• Spanish: divertido (es) m, cómico (es) m, gracioso (es) m, chistoso (es) m
• Swedish: rolig (sv), komisk (sv), lustig (sv), skojig (sv)
• Turkish: komik (tr), gülünç (tr)
• Uzbek: kulguli (uz)

strange; unusual

• Alabama: sobayhíkko
• Danish: sjov (da), besynderlig (da), underlig (da)
• Finnish: kummallinen (fi), outo (fi), hassu (fi)
• French: étrange (fr), marrant (fr) (familiar), bizarre (fr)
• German: komisch (de), merkwürdig (de), seltsam (de), eigenartig (de)
• Italian: inconsueto (it), strano (it)
• Japanese: 変 (ja)
• Korean: 이상한 (ko)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: عه‌جایه‌ب, سه‌یر

• Luxembourgish: komesch (lb), droleg (lb), aartlech (lb), gelungen (lb)
• Neapolitan: curàùso
• Norwegian: rar (no), merkelig (no)
• Ojibwe: mayagi-
• Portuguese: estranho (pt)
• Romanian: caraghios (ro)
• Russian: странный (ru) (stránnyj) 
• Spanish: extraño (es) m, raro (es) m, inusual (es)
• Swedish: konstig (sv), märklig (sv), underlig (sv), sällsam (sv)
• Turkish: tuhaf (tr), acayip (tr)

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• Neapolitan: strévezo

Noun

funny (plural funnies)

1. (humorous) A joke.

Translations

joke

• Alabama: afaahilka
• Finnish: vitsi (fi)
• French: blague (fr) f

• Icelandic: brandari (is) m
• Italian: scherzo (it)
• Neapolitan: jacuèlla

Etymology 2

Perhaps a jocular use of funny. See above.

Noun

funny (plural funnies)

1. (UK) A narrow boat for sculling.

Translations

narrow boat for sculling