Funny in Different Languages
Discover 'Funny' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Funny
Afrikaans snaaks | ||
Albanian qesharak | ||
Amharic አስቂኝ | ||
Arabic مضحك | ||
Armenian զվարճալի | ||
Assamese জমনি | ||
Aymara k'uchirasiña | ||
Azerbaijani gülməli | ||
Bambara yɛlɛko | ||
Basque dibertigarria | ||
Belarusian смешна | ||
Bengali হাস্যকর | ||
Bhojpuri मजगर | ||
Bosnian smešno | ||
Bulgarian смешен | ||
Catalan divertit | ||
Cebuano kataw-anan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 滑稽 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 滑稽 | ||
Corsican divertente | ||
Croatian smiješno | ||
Czech legrační | ||
Danish sjov | ||
Dhivehi މަޖާ | ||
Dogri मजेदार | ||
Dutch grappig | ||
English funny | ||
Esperanto amuza | ||
Estonian naljakas | ||
Ewe ɖi kokoe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) nakakatawa | ||
Finnish hauska | ||
French drôle | ||
Frisian grappich | ||
Galician divertido | ||
Georgian სასაცილო | ||
German komisch | ||
Greek αστείος | ||
Guarani kachiãi | ||
Gujarati રમુજી | ||
Haitian Creole komik | ||
Hausa mai ban dariya | ||
Hawaiian hoʻomākeʻaka | ||
Hebrew מצחיק | ||
Hindi मजेदार | ||
Hmong lom zem heev | ||
Hungarian vicces | ||
Icelandic fyndið | ||
Igbo na-akpa ọchị | ||
Ilocano nakakatkatawa | ||
Indonesian lucu | ||
Irish greannmhar | ||
Italian divertente | ||
Japanese おかしい | ||
Javanese lucu | ||
Kannada ತಮಾಷೆ | ||
Kazakh күлкілі | ||
Khmer គួរឱ្យអស់សំណើច | ||
Kinyarwanda bisekeje | ||
Konkani मजेशीर | ||
Korean 이상한 | ||
Krio fɔni | ||
Kurdish kêfî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گاڵتەئامێز | ||
Kyrgyz күлкүлүү | ||
Lao ຕະຫລົກ | ||
Latin ridiculam | ||
Latvian smieklīgi | ||
Lingala ezosekisa | ||
Lithuanian juokinga | ||
Luganda okusesa | ||
Luxembourgish witzeg | ||
Macedonian смешно | ||
Maithili मजेदार | ||
Malagasy funny | ||
Malay kelakar | ||
Malayalam തമാശ | ||
Maltese umoristiċi | ||
Maori rorirori | ||
Marathi मजेदार | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯅꯣꯛꯅꯤꯡꯕ | ||
Mizo nuihzatthlak | ||
Mongolian хөгжилтэй | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရယ်စရာ | ||
Nepali हास्यास्पद | ||
Norwegian morsom | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zoseketsa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମଜାଳିଆ | ||
Oromo kofalchiisaa | ||
Pashto مسخره | ||
Persian خنده دار | ||
Polish zabawny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) engraçado | ||
Punjabi ਮਜ਼ਾਕੀਆ | ||
Quechua kusi | ||
Romanian amuzant | ||
Russian смешной | ||
Samoan malie | ||
Sanskrit विलक्षणम् | ||
Scots Gaelic èibhinn | ||
Sepedi segišago | ||
Serbian смешно | ||
Sesotho qabola | ||
Shona zvinosetsa | ||
Sindhi مزاحيه | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විහිලු | ||
Slovak vtipné | ||
Slovenian smešno | ||
Somali qosol badan | ||
Spanish gracioso | ||
Sundanese pikaseurieun | ||
Swahili ya kuchekesha | ||
Swedish rolig | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) nakakatawa | ||
Tajik хандовар | ||
Tamil வேடிக்கையானது | ||
Tatar көлке | ||
Telugu ఫన్నీ | ||
Thai ตลก | ||
Tigrinya መስሓቄን | ||
Tsonga hlekisa | ||
Turkish komik | ||
Turkmen gülkünç | ||
Twi (Akan) sere | ||
Ukrainian смішно | ||
Urdu مضحکہ خیز | ||
Uyghur قىزىقارلىق | ||
Uzbek kulgili | ||
Vietnamese buồn cười | ||
Welsh doniol | ||
Xhosa ehlekisayo | ||
Yiddish מאָדנע | ||
Yoruba funny | ||
Zulu kuyahlekisa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Snaaks" in Afrikaans can also mean "strange," "odd," or "weird." |
| Albanian | The word "qesharak" is derived from the Albanian word "qesh", meaning "to laugh". |
| Amharic | The word 'አስቂኝ' (funny) in Amharic is derived from the word 'ስቅ' (pain), and originally meant 'causing pain' or 'painful'. |
| Arabic | The word "مضحك" (funny) is derived from the word "ضحك" (laughter), which is derived from the root word "ض ح ك" (to laugh). The word "مضحك" can also be used to describe something that is amusing or ridiculous. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "gülməli" is derived from the Persian word "gul" meaning "flower", and "məli" meaning "related to". It originally meant "flowery" or "pleasant", but over time its meaning shifted to "funny". |
| Basque | The Basque word "dibertigarria" can also mean "amusing" or "entertaining." |
| Belarusian | The word "смешна" (smešna) can also mean "laughter" or "ridiculous" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The word "হাস্যকর" in Bengali is derived from the Sanskrit word "हास" (laughter), indicating something that causes amusement or laughter. |
| Bosnian | The word "smešno" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "smēχъ", which also means "ridicule" or "mockery". |
| Bulgarian | смешен can also mean ridiculous or absurd and comes from the word 'смех' which means laughter |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "divertit" is derived from the Latin word "divertere", which means "to turn aside" or "to amuse"} |
| Cebuano | The word may also refer to the Cebuano word for "strange" or "unusual". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "滑稽" comes from "滑" ("slippery") and "稽" ("to stop or check"), hence it originally referred to performing silly actions or making jokes to make people stop behaving seriously or doing what they shouldn't. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 滑稽 can also refer to a kind of traditional Chinese comic opera. |
| Corsican | 'Divertente' in Corsican also means 'unusual' or 'strange' |
| Croatian | "Smiješno" in Croatian is related to "meso" (meat), possibly due to the fact that in medieval times animal markets used to draw many laughing customers |
| Czech | The word "legrační" in Czech originates from the Old Czech "lehce ráčiti," meaning "to deign lightly," and also has the alternate meaning of "comical." |
| Danish | "Sjov" in Danish originates from the Old Norse "skjóta," meaning "to push" or "to shoot." It can also refer to "mischief," "playfulness," or "nonsense." |
| Dutch | In Old English, the word "grappig" originally meant "seizing" or "gripping". |
| Esperanto | The name 'amuza' is derived from the French 'amuser' (to amuse). |
| Estonian | The word "naljakas" is thought to be derived from the Proto-Uralic root *nala-, meaning "to laugh". |
| Finnish | "Hauska" is also a Finnish name for children, usually for girls. |
| French | The French word "drôle" can also mean "strange" or "unusual" in English |
| Frisian | The word "grappich" can also mean "odd" or "strange" in Frisian. |
| Galician | In Portuguese and Galician, "divertido" also means "entertaining" or "enjoyable" in addition to "funny." |
| Georgian | The term "სასაცილო" carries a broader connotation encompassing not only amusement but also bewilderment, confusion, and even pity |
| German | The word "komisch" comes from the Greek "komikos," meaning both "pertaining to comedy" and "strange". |
| Greek | The word "αστείος" in Greek also means "urban," as opposed to "rustic," and originates from the ancient Greek word "ἄστυ" meaning "city." |
| Gujarati | The word "રમુજી" also means "witty" or "humorous" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word komik is thought to derive from the French "comique" or the English "comic." |
| Hausa | "Mai ban dariya" literally means "someone who sells water" in Hausa, hinting at someone full of silly joy, like spilling water everywhere. |
| Hawaiian | Hoʻomākeʻaka, besides meaning "funny," can also be translated to "making fun of someone" in English. |
| Hebrew | מצחיק, a Hebrew word referring to humor, shares etymological roots with מוחק, meaning 'erase,' hinting at the ability of laughter to alleviate stress. |
| Hindi | The word "मजेदार" in Hindi can also mean "pleasant" or "enjoyable". |
| Hmong | The term "lom zem heev,” which means “funny” in English, shares its roots with the Hmong word “zem,” which means “laugh.” |
| Hungarian | Vicces "vic"-ből is származhat, az eredeti jelentése is vicc volt |
| Icelandic | Fyndið is cognate with the Old Norse word |
| Igbo | In some regions of Igbo land, "na-akpa ọchị" can also mean "to play" or "to be playful", particularly referring to children's games. |
| Indonesian | The word "lucu" in Indonesian can also mean "cute" or "pretty", especially when describing animals or babies. |
| Irish | The word 'greannmhar' in Irish does not only mean 'funny', it can also mean 'sunny' or 'pleasing'. |
| Italian | The word 'divertente' can also mean 'amusing' or 'entertaining', and is derived from the Latin word 'divertere', meaning 'to turn away or aside'. |
| Japanese | "おかしい", meaning "funny", also means "strange" or "weird" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The word lucu in Javanese can also mean 'cute' or 'adorable'. |
| Kannada | The word "ತಮಾಷೆ" can also refer to a "joke" or "amusing situation" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "күлкілі" can also refer to something that is worthy of laughter or amusement, or to something that causes laughter. |
| Korean | 이상한 is formed by 이상 which originally means "abnormality" that becomes funny when combined with the suffix "하다". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word “kêfî” is derived from the Arabic word “kayf”, which means “pleasure, enjoyment, or state of mind”. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "күлкүлүү" in Kyrgyz shares its root with "күлкү", meaning laughter, emphasizing its connection to humor and amusement. |
| Lao | The term ตะຫລົກ can also refer to a stand-up comedian or a comedy show in Lao. |
| Latin | ridiculam also means "bag" or "satchel" in Latin. |
| Latvian | The word "smieklīgi" is derived from the verb "smiet", meaning "to laugh". |
| Lithuanian | The word "juokinga" may also refer to a person who makes or says jokes. |
| Luxembourgish | Despite its playful sound, the word "witzeg" may derive from Old High German "witzan" meaning "to punish". |
| Macedonian | The word "смешно" can also mean "laughable" or "comical" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "funny" in Malagasy can also mean "strange" or "unusual". |
| Malay | "Kelakar" comes from the Sanskrit word "kilkilā", meaning "playful." |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "തമാശ" (tamasha) is derived from the Sanskrit word "tamāśa," which means "show" or "spectacle." |
| Maltese | The Maltese word 'umoristiċi' can also refer to satire or a comic style. |
| Maori | In Maori, "rorirori" also alludes to "ticklish," as in "e roriri oku mata," or "my eyes are ticklish." |
| Marathi | The word "मजेदार" can also mean "interesting" or "enjoyable". |
| Mongolian | The term is used in linguistics to refer to speech errors such as spoonerisms and slips of the tongue that are unintentionally humorous. |
| Nepali | The term 'हास्यास्पद' is a compound of two words, namely, 'हास्य' (humor) and 'अस्पद' (worthy). Thus, it literally translates to 'worthy of humor'. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "morsom" is derived from the Old Norse word "mor" (amusement), and can also refer to "pleasant" in a general way. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'zoseketsa' may also refer to something that is comical or ridiculous. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "مسخره" primarily means "funny" but can also refer to a "jester" or "clown". |
| Persian | The word "خنده دار" is derived from the verb "خندیدن" (to laugh), and it can also mean "amusing" or "hilarious". |
| Polish | "Zabawny" means "funny" in Polish, but it literally means "amusing" or "playful". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "engraçado" can also be used to describe something amusing or odd. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "amuzant" is derived from the French word "amusant," which in turn comes from the Latin word "amusare," meaning "to distract or entertain." |
| Russian | The Russian word "смешной" (''smeshnoy'') also means "laughable" and "ridiculous" and derives from the verb "смеяться" (''smeyatsya''), meaning "to laugh". |
| Samoan | In Samoan the word “malie" can also mean crazy or silly, but is most often used in the context of humour. |
| Scots Gaelic | Èibhinn in Scots Gaelic also means "pleasant," and derives from the Irish word "aobh." In Irish this word also means "pleasure" or "joy." |
| Serbian | Смешно originates from the Proto-Slavic word "sьmьxъ", meaning both "laughing" and "laughter". |
| Shona | "Zvinosetsa" (funny) derives from the word "zvitsva" (play) and denotes someone who does amusing or witty things, bringing joy to others. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi "مزاحيه" can also mean amusing, humourous or entertaining. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "විහිලු" can also refer to something unusual, strange, or even frightening |
| Slovak | The word "vtipné" is also used to describe a sarcastic or ironic remark. |
| Slovenian | The word “smešno” originally meant “worthy of laughter” but can also express absurdity or strangeness. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, the word "gracioso" can also mean "graceful" or "pleasant." |
| Swahili | The word 'kuchekesha' can also mean 'to make someone laugh' or 'to cause amusement'. |
| Swedish | The word 'rolig' derives from the Old Swedish word 'ro', meaning 'peace' or 'tranquility'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "nakakatawa" can also mean "strange" or "odd" in Tagalog, depending on the context. |
| Tajik | The word "хандовар" has the alternate meaning of "joyful" and is derived from the Persian word "khwandan" meaning "to laugh". |
| Telugu | The word "ఫన్నీ" in Telugu has origins in Sanskrit, where the word "vinay" means "to bend", which is likely related to its original usage as "to make fun" or "to cause someone to bend with laughter". |
| Thai | The Thai word ตลก (ตลก) is an onomatopoeia for the sound of laughter (similar to English "ha-ha"). |
| Turkish | The word "komik" also means "play" or "comedy" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | "Смішно" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*smej-," which also meant 'to smile.' In some Slavic languages it can also refer to being ridiculous. |
| Urdu | The word "مضحکہ خیز" (funny) is derived from the Arabic word "ضحك" (to laugh), which is related to the Hebrew word "צחק" (tsahak), also meaning "to laugh". |
| Uzbek | "Kulgili" also refers to a game of riddles in which players try to stump each other with riddles. |
| Vietnamese | "Buồn cười" does not only mean "funny," it also means "sad." |
| Welsh | Doniol is a portmanteau of 'dyna' or 'twnn' ('tight' or 'small') and 'iol' ('light'). |
| Xhosa | Ehlekisayo is a compound word which combines the words ehleka (laugh) and isayo (strange or unusual), thus meaning 'causing laughter'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "מאָדנע" (modne) also means "strange" or "peculiar" and is related to the German word "Mut" (courage). |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, "funny" can also mean "strange" or "peculiar" |
| Zulu | The word 'kuyahlekisa' in Zulu, meaning 'funny', also has a root meaning of 'to make someone laugh or smile' and is derived from the verb 'kuhleka', meaning 'to laugh'. |
| English | The word "funny" originally meant "strange" or "peculiar" before acquiring its modern humorous connotation around the 18th century. |