funny

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: fŭnʹē, IPA^(key): /ˈfʌni/

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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.

3. (Britain, informal) Showing unexpected resentment.
   • 2011, Sarah Webb, It Had To Be You

     'Moved in where?' Sam asked Brona in confusion. 'What boyfriend?'
     'Glen,' Brona said quietly. 'You met him a while ago, remember? He only moved in last week. I was going to tell you but […] I thought you might be funny about it, that's all.'

   • 2012, Jade Varden, The Tower (Deck of Lies, #2)

     Ash would have been happy to sit and stare at Viv all day, but when he saw the other guys staring at his sister, too, he got funny about it.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:funny
• See also Thesaurus:strange

Derived terms

Terms derived from funny

• funnies
• funny bone
• funny farm

• funny pages
• funny papers

• I'm not being funny
• it's not even funny

Related terms

• fun

Translations

amusing; comical

• Alabama: tasihmo
• Arabic: مُضْحِك‎‎ (muḍḥik), هَزْلِيّ‎‎ (hazliyy)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: сме́шны (smjéšny), заба́ўны (zabáŭny), фацэ́тны (facétny) (colloquial)
• Bulgarian: смешен (bg) (smešen), заба́вен (bg) (zabáven)
• Catalan: divertit
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可笑 (zh) (kěxiào), 滑稽 (zh) (huájī)

• Czech: legrační (cs), zábavný (cs)
• Danish: morsom, sjov (da)
• Dutch: grappig (nl), geinig (nl), komiek (nl)
• Esperanto: komika
• Estonian: naljakas (et)
• Faroese: skemtiligur, stuttligur
• Finnish: hassu (fi), hauska (fi), hupaisa (fi), huvittava (fi), koominen (fi)
• French: drôle (fr), amusant (fr), rigolo (fr) (familiar), marrant (fr) (familiar)
• Galician: divertido m
• Georgian: სასაცილო (sasacilo)
• German: komisch (de), lustig (de), spaßig (de)
• Greek: αστείος (el) (asteíos), διασκεδαστικός (el) (diaskedastikós)
• Haitian Creole: komik
• Hebrew: מַצְחִיק‎‎ m (mats'khík)
• Hindi: मज़ाक़िया (mazāqiyā)
• Hungarian: vicces (hu)
• Icelandic: fyndinn m, skemmtilegur (is) m, hnyttinn m, smellinn m
• Indonesian: lucu (id)
• Irish: greannmhar
• Italian: buffo (it) m, buffa (it) f, divertente (it), esilarante (it)
• Japanese: 面白い (ja) (おもしろい, omoshiroi), 可笑しい (ja) (おかしい, okashii)
• Khmer: កំប្លែង (km) (kɑmplaeng)
• Korean: 우습다 (ko) (useupda), 재미있다 (ko) (jaemiitda)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: عه‌نتیکه‌‎‎

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: jocīgs, smieklīgs
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Luxembourgish: komesch, lëschteg, spaasseg
• Malay: kelakar
• Mirandese: adbertido m, adbertida f
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Neapolitan: spassùso
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: draole (Guernsey)
• Norwegian: artig (no)

  Bokmål: morsom (no), gøy (no)

  Nynorsk: morosam

• Persian: مسخره‎‎ (fa) (masxare), مضحک‎‎ (fa) (mozhek), خنده‌دار‎‎ (xandedâr), کمیک‎‎ (fa) (komik)
• Polish: zabawny (pl) m
• Portuguese: engraçado (pt), divertido (pt)
• Romanian: caraghios (ro), amuzant (ro) m
• Russian: смешно́й (ru) (smešnój), заба́вный (ru) m (zabávnyj), прико́льный (ru) (prikólʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: èibhinn, àbhachdach
• Slovak: smiešny, zábavný
• Spanish: divertido (es) m, cómico (es) m, gracioso (es) m, chistoso (es) m
• Swedish: rolig (sv), komisk (sv), lustig (sv), skojig (sv)
• Thai: ตลก (th) (dtà-lòk)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: komik (tr), gülünç (tr)
• Ukrainian: смішни́й (smišnýj), куме́дний (kumédnyj), заба́вний (zabávnyj)
• Uyghur: كۈلكىلىك‎‎ (külkilik)
• Uzbek: kulguli
• Vietnamese: buồn cười (vi), ngồ ngộ (vi), khôi hài (vi)
• Westrobothnian: lostälä
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

strange; unusual

• Alabama: sobayhíkko
• Bulgarian: странен (bg) (stranen), особен (bg) (osoben)
• Danish: sjov (da), besynderlig, underlig
• Dutch: eigenaardig (nl), raar (nl), zeldzaam (nl), merkwaardig (nl), vreemd (nl), bizar (nl)
• Faroese: serur, løgin, undarligur
• Finnish: kummallinen (fi), outo (fi), hassu (fi)
• French: étrange (fr), marrant (fr) (familiar), bizarre (fr)
• Galician: estraño (gl) m
• German: komisch (de), merkwürdig (de), seltsam (de), eigenartig (de)
• Italian: inconsueto (it), strano (it)
• Japanese: 変 (ja) (へん, hen)
• Korean: 이상하다 (ko) (isanghada)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: عه‌جایه‌ب‎‎, سه‌یر‎‎ (ku)

• Latvian: jocīgs
• Luxembourgish: komesch, droleg, aartlech, gelungen
• Malay: pelik
• Neapolitan: curàùso
• Norwegian: rar (no), merkelig (no)
• Ojibwe: mayagi-
• Portuguese: estranho (pt)
• Romanian: caraghios (ro)
• Russian: стра́нный (ru) (stránnyj), прико́льный (ru) (prikólʹnyj)
• Spanish: extraño (es) m, raro (es) m, inusual (es)
• Swedish: konstig (sv), märklig (sv), underlig (sv), sällsam (sv)
• Turkish: tuhaf (tr), acayip (tr)
• Vietnamese: là lạ

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Neapolitan: ^{(please verify)} strévezo

Noun

funny (plural funnies)

1. (humorous) A joke.
   • 2014, Brian Conaghan, When Mr. Dog Bites, page 54:

     Everyone would be sitting on big fluffy white clouds singing songs, telling funnies and just enjoying the day.

2. (humorous) A comic strip.
   • 2009, R. P. Moffa, The Vaulted Sky, page 343:

     His father was more likely to listen to the radio, although he would read the Sunday funnies, and his grandmother would only read the Italian language paper she picked up at the corner candy store.

Translations

joke

• Alabama: afaahilka
• Bulgarian: шега (bg) (šega), виц (bg) m (vic)
• Dutch: grap (nl), mop (nl), grol (nl)
• Finnish: vitsi (fi)

• French: blague (fr) f
• Icelandic: brandari (is) m
• Italian: scherzo (it)
• Neapolitan: jacuèlla

Adverb

funny (not comparable)

1. (nonstandard) In an unusual manner; strangely.
   • 1970, Troy Conway, The Cunning Linguist, London: Flamingo Books, page 41:

     She was breathing funny now.

Etymology 2

Perhaps a jocular use of funny. See above.

Noun

funny (plural funnies)

1. (Britain) A narrow clinker-built boat for sculling.

Translations

narrow boat for sculling