humor
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[edit] English
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- (British) humour
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French humor, from Latin humor, correctly umor (“moisture”), from humere, correctly umere (“to be moist”).
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humor (plural humors)
- (uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. [from the early 18th c.]
- She has a great sense of humor, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together.
- The sensitive subject was treated with humor, but in such way that no one was offended.
- (archaic) One of four fluids (blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm) that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body. [from the 15th c.]
- M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40
- For some days a fistula lacrymalis had come into my left eye, which discharged an humour, when pressed, that portended danger.
- M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40
- (uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood.
- He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.
- (medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
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- (quality of being amusing): amusingness, comedy, comicality, wit
- (archaic bodily fluids): bodily fluid
- (liquid regions of the eye):
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- humid
- humidity
- humorism
- humorist
- humorous
- black humor
- sense of humor
- toilet humour
- gallows humour
- crystalline humour
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[edit] Verb
humor (third-person singular simple present humors, present participle humoring, simple past and past participle humored)
- (transitive): To pacify by indulging.
- I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.
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[edit] External links
- Wikipedia article on humor
- Wikipedia article on humors
- humor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- humor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- humor at OneLook Dictionary Search
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[edit] Noun
humor m.
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- humorný m.
- humorista m.
- smysl pro humor m.
[edit] Dutch
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humor
- humour (something funny)
This Dutch entry was created from the translations listed at humour. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see humor in the Dutch Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2010
[edit] Hungarian
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humor (plural humorok)
- humour, humor
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declension of humor
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[edit] Latin
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hūmor (genitive hūmōris); m, third declension
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| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hūmor | hūmōrēs |
| genitive | hūmōris | hūmōrum |
| dative | hūmōrī | hūmōribus |
| accusative | hūmōrem | hūmōrēs |
| ablative | hūmōre | hūmōribus |
| vocative | hūmor | hūmōrēs |
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humor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of humō
[edit] Polish
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- IPA: [ˈxumɔr]
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humor m.
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[edit] Portuguese
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humor m. (plural humors)
- mood (mental state)
This Portuguese entry was created from the translations listed at mood. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see humor in the Portuguese Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
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From English humor.
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- IPA: /xǔmor/
- Hyphenation: hu‧mor
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hùmor m. (Cyrillic spelling ху̀мор)
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| singular | |
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| nominative | humor |
| genitive | humora |
| dative | humoru |
| accusative | humor |
| vocative | humore |
| locative | humoru |
| instrumental | humorom |
[edit] Spanish
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humor m. (plural humores)
- mood
- humor
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[edit] Swedish
[edit] Etymology
Originally from Latin humor (“fluid”), having bodily fluids in good balance, as used in humör (“mood, temper”). The joking sense was derived in England in Shakespeare's time and has been used in Swedish since 1812.
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humor c.
- humour (a sense of making jokes)
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[edit] References
- humor, humör in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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