joker

English

Wikipedia

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 m. Irish: cleasaí Italian: buffone (it) m. Kurdish: نوکته‌باز Latvian: jokdaris (lv) m.

Maltese: buffu m., buffa f., ċajtier m., ċajtiera f. Polish: żartowniś m., dowcipniś m. Russian: шутник (ru) (šutník) m. Serbian: vragolan, šutnik, šaljivac Spanish: bufón m., hazmerreír m., guazón m., bromista m. and f., chistoso m., humorista m. and f. Turkish: şakacı (tr)

jester — see fool

playing card

Catalan: comodí Chinese: 皇牌 Czech: žolík (cs) m. Estonian: jokker Finnish: jokeri (fi) French: joker (fr) m. German: Joker (de) m., Jolly (de) Greek: μπαλαντέρ (el) m. (balantér) Hungarian: dzsóker (hu)

Italian: jolly (it) m., matta (it) Japanese: ジョーカー (ja) Maltese: ġowker Polish: joker m. / dżoker m. Portuguese: curinga m., coringa, melé Russian: джокер (ru) (džóker) m. Spanish: comodín (es) m. Turkish: joker (tr)

Related terms

• joke

See also

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

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/, 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