humor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 External links 2 Czech 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Hungarian 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 3.2.2 Derived terms 4 Latin 4.1 Verb 5 Polish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Declension 6 Portuguese 6.1 Noun 7 Serbo-Croatian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 Declension 8 Spanish 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

• (outside US) humour

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Old French humor < Latin humor, correctly umor (“‘moisture’”) < humere, correctly umere (“‘to be moist’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

(US) SAMPA: /hjumO@r/

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  Rhymes: -uːmə(r)

[edit] Noun

humor (plural humors)

1. (uncountable) Something funny, e.g. a joke, satire, or parody.

   He treated the sensitive subject with enough humor that no one was offended.

2. (archaic) Four fluids (blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm) that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.
   • 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.

3. (uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood.

   He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.

4. (medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.

[edit] Synonyms

• (something funny): comedy, wit, witticism (1)
• (archaic bodily fluids): bodily fluid
• (mood): mood
• (liquid regions of the eye):

[edit] Related terms

• humid
• humidity
• humorism
• humorist
• humorous
• black humor
• sense of humor
• toilet humour
• gallows humour

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[edit] Verb

to humor (third-person singular simple present humors, present participle humoring, simple past and past participle humored)

1. (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] Czech

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[edit] Noun

humor m.

1. humor (US), humour (UK) (source of amusement)

[edit] Derived terms

• humorný m.
• humorista m.
• smysl pro humor m.

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhumor/
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• Hyphenation: hu‧mor

[edit] Noun

humor (plural humorok)

1. humour, humor

[edit] Declension

declension of humor singular plural nominative humor humorok accusative humort humorokat dative humornak humoroknak instrumental humorral humorokkal causal-final humorért humorokért translative humorrá humorokká terminative humorig humorokig essive-formal humorként humorokként essive-modal - - inessive humorban humorokban superessive humoron humorokon adessive humornál humoroknál illative humorba humorokba sublative humorra humorokra allative humorhoz humorokhoz elative humorból humorokból delative humorról humorokról ablative humortól humoroktól

possessives of humor possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. humorom humoraim 2nd person sing. humorod humoraid 3rd person sing. humora humorai 1st person plural humorunk humoraink 2nd person plural humorotok humoraitok 3rd person plural humoruk humoraik

[edit] Derived terms

• akasztófahumor

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Verb

humor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of humō.

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈxumɔr]

[edit] Noun

humor m.

1. humour
2. mood (mental state)

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	humor	humory
Genitive	humoru	humorów
Dative	humorowi	humorom
Accusative	humor	humory
Instrumental	humorem	humorami
Locative	humorze	humorach
Vocative	humorze	humory

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Noun

humor m.

1. mood (mental state)

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From English humor.

[edit] Noun

hùmor m. (Cyrillic spelling ху̀мор)

1. (uncountable) humor

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

humor m. (plural humores)

1. mood
2. humor

[edit] Related terms

• humo
• humorismo
• humorístico
• humorísta