English
Etymology
From Tom ( a common man ) + foolery
Pronunciation
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Noun
tomfoolery (countable and uncountable plural tomfooleries
Foolish behaviour or speech.( Cockney rhyming slang ) jewellery .
Synonyms
Translations
foolish behaviour
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蠢事 (zh) ( chǔnshì ) , 愚蠢舉動 ／ 愚蠢举动 愚蠢举动 ( yúchǔn jǔdòng )
Dutch: gekkigheid (nl) f
Finnish: hölmöily
French: pitrerie (fr) f bouffonnerie (fr) f niaiserie (fr) f
German: Unsinn (de) m Blödsinn (de) m Clownerie (de) f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Hungarian: ostobaság (hu) , bárgyúság (hu) , sületlenség (hu)
Japanese: ばかなまね ( bakana mane )
Polish: wygłup (pl)
Romanian: bufonerie (ro) , caraghioslâc (ro) n
Russian: дура́чество (ru) n ( duráčestvo ) , шутовство́ (ru) n ( šutovstvó ) , фигля́рство (ru) n ( figljárstvo ) , клоуна́да (ru) f ( klounáda )
Spanish: payasada (es) f