klaun

See also: klaŭn and kłaun

Czech

Alternative forms

• clown (dated)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklau̯n]

Noun

klaun m anim (relational adjective klaunský)

1. clown

Declension

Declension of klaun (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	klaun	klauni
genitive	klauna	klaunů
dative	klaunovi, klaunu	klaunům
accusative	klauna	klauny
vocative	klaune	klauni
locative	klaunovi, klaunu	klaunech
instrumental	klaunem	klauny

Related terms

• klauniáda f

Further reading

• “klaun”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “klaun”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “klaun”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Polish

Alternative forms

• clown, klown

Etymology

Borrowed from English clown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklawn/

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• Rhymes: -awn
• Syllabification: klaun

Noun

klaun m pers

1. (comedy) clown (performance artist working in a circus)
2. clown (person acting in a silly fashion)

   Synonym: pajac

Declension

Declension of klaun

	singular	plural
nominative	klaun	klauni/klauny (deprecative)
genitive	klauna	klaunów
dative	klaunowi	klaunom
accusative	klauna	klaunów
instrumental	klaunem	klaunami
locative	klaunie	klaunach
vocative	klaunie	klauni

Derived terms

adjective

• klaunowski

noun

• klaunada

verb

• klaunować impf

Further reading

• klaun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• klaun in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• klovn (Serbia)
• klovan (Serbia)

Etymology

Borrowed from English clown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klâun/
• Hyphenation: kla‧un

Noun

klȁun m anim (Cyrillic spelling кла̏ун)

1. (Croatia) clown (performance artist working e.g. in a circus)
2. (Croatia) silly, irresponsible person

Declension

Declension of klaun

	singular	plural
nominative	klȁun	klȁuni / klȁunovi
genitive	klȁuna	klȁūnā / klȁunōvā
dative	klȁunu	klȁunima / klȁunovima
accusative	klȁuna	klȁune / klȁunove
vocative	klȁune	klȁuni / klȁunovi
locative	klȁunu	klȁunima / klȁunovima
instrumental	klȁunom	klȁunima / klȁunovima

Further reading

• “klaun”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026