joker

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

joke +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈdʒəʊkə/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈdʒoʊkɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊkə(r)

Noun

joker (plural jokers)

1. A person who makes jokes.
2. (slang) A funny person.
3. A jester.
4. A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.
5. An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.

   Some joker keeps changing this web page.

6. (New Zealand, colloquial) A man.

Synonyms

• (jester): court jester, fool, jester

Translations

person who makes jokes

• Esperanto: ŝercemulo (eo)
• French: blagueur (fr) m, farceur (fr) m
• German: Spaßvogel (de) m
• Irish: cleasaí (ga)
• Italian: buffone (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نوکته‌باز

• Latvian: jokdaris (lv) m

• Maltese: buffu (mt) m, buffa (mt) f, ċajtier (mt) m, ċajtiera (mt) f
• Polish: żartowniś (pl) m, dowcipniś (pl) m
• Russian: шутник (ru) (šutník) m
• Serbo-Croatian: vragolan (sh), šutnik (sh), šaljivac (sh)
• Spanish: bufón (es) m, hazmerreír (es) m, guazón (es) m, bromista (es) m and f, chistoso (es) m, humorista (es) m and f
• Turkish: şakacı (tr)

jester — see fool

playing card

• Catalan: comodí (ca), jòquer (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皇牌 (cmn)

• Czech: žolík (cs) m
• Estonian: jokker (et)
• Finnish: jokeri (fi)
• French: joker (fr) m
• German: Joker (de) m, Jolly (de)
• Greek: μπαλαντέρ (el) (balantér) m (balantér)
• Hungarian: dzsóker (hu)

• Italian: jolly (it) m, matta (it)
• Japanese: ジョーカー (ja)
• Maltese: ġowker (mt)
• Polish: joker (pl) m, dżoker (pl) m
• Portuguese: curinga (pt) m, coringa (pt), melé (pt)
• Russian: джокер (ru) (džóker) m
• Spanish: comodín (es) m
• Swedish: joker (sv) c
• Turkish: joker (tr)

Related terms

• joke

See also

• (playing cards) playing card; ace, deuce, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king, joker

See also

• Wikipedia article on jokers (jesters)
• Wikipedia article on the joker (playing card)
• Wikipedia article on the Joker in Batman

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒɔ.kɛʁ/, X-SAMPA: /ZO.kER/

Noun

joker m

1. joker (playing card)

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Polish

Alternative forms

• dżoker

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈd͡ʐɔkɛr/

Noun

joker m

1. (card games) joker

Declension

    declension of joker

	singular	plural
nominative	joker	jokery
genitive	jokera	jokerów
dative	jokerowi	jokerom
accusative	jokera	jokery
instrumental	jokerem	jokerami
locative	jokerze	jokerach
vocative	jokerze	jokery