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• Received-Pronunciation, US: fŭn
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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /fʌn/
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• Ireland, Northern-England: /fʊn/
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From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”). Compare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond. As a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century. Alternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of fāmne, fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”).

216 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَرِح (mariḥ) — enjoyable, amusing
• Arabic: مُسَلٍّ (musallin) — enjoyable, amusing
• Arabic: ممتع (múmteʕ) — enjoyable, amusing
• Arabic: مُسَلِّي (musálli) — enjoyable, amusing
• Arabic: بِسلّي (bisálli) — enjoyable, amusing
• Arabic: ممتع (múmteʕ) — enjoyable, amusing
• Arabic: مُسَلِّي (musálli) — enjoyable, amusing
• Arabic: بِسلّي (bisálli) — enjoyable, amusing
• Armenian: ուրախ (urax) — enjoyable, amusing
• Armenian: զվարթ (zvartʻ) — enjoyable, amusing
• Bengali: মজার (mojar) — enjoyable, amusing
• Bulgarian: смешен (smešen) — enjoyable, amusing
• Bulgarian: забавен (zabaven) — enjoyable, amusing
• Catalan: divertit — enjoyable, amusing
• Chinese Cantonese: 好玩 — enjoyable, amusing
• Chinese Mandarin: 好玩 (hǎowán) — enjoyable, amusing
• Danish: sjov — enjoyable, amusing
• Dutch: plezierig — enjoyable, amusing
• Dutch: leuk — enjoyable, amusing
• Dutch: lollig — enjoyable, amusing
• Dutch: plezant — enjoyable, amusing
• Esperanto: amuza — enjoyable, amusing
• Estonian: lõbus — enjoyable, amusing
• Finnish: hauska — enjoyable, amusing
• Finnish: kiva — enjoyable, amusing
• French: amusant — enjoyable, amusing
• Georgian: გართობა (gartoba) — enjoyable, amusing
• German: lustig — enjoyable, amusing
• German: spaßig — enjoyable, amusing
• German: Spaß machen — enjoyable, amusing
• Hebrew: מהנה (mehāne) — enjoyable, amusing
• Hebrew: כייפי (kefi) — enjoyable, amusing
• Hungarian: szórakoztató — enjoyable, amusing
• Hungarian: mókás — enjoyable, amusing
• Hungarian: élvezetes — enjoyable, amusing
• Hungarian: poénos — enjoyable, amusing
• Hungarian: vicces — enjoyable, amusing
• Hungarian: jópofa — enjoyable, amusing
• Interlingua: amusante — enjoyable, amusing
• Italian: divertente — enjoyable, amusing
• Italian: intrigante — enjoyable, amusing
• Japanese: 楽しい (tanoshii) — enjoyable, amusing
• Korean: 즐거운 (jeulgeoun) — enjoyable, amusing
• Korean: 재미있다 (jaemiitda) — enjoyable, amusing
• Lao: ມ່ວນ (mūan) — enjoyable, amusing
• Latin: dēlectābilis — enjoyable, amusing
• Latvian: jautri — enjoyable, amusing
• Lithuanian: linksma — enjoyable, amusing
• Luxembourgish: flott — enjoyable, amusing
• Macedonian: забавен (zabaven) — enjoyable, amusing
• Macedonian: разоноден (razonoden) — enjoyable, amusing
• Malay: menyeronokkan — enjoyable, amusing
• Polish: bawny — enjoyable, amusing
• Polish: zabawny — enjoyable, amusing
• Portuguese: divertido — enjoyable, amusing
• Romanian: distractiv — enjoyable, amusing
• Romanian: vesel — enjoyable, amusing
• Romanian: plăcut — enjoyable, amusing
• Russian: заба́вный (zabávnyj) — enjoyable, amusing
• Russian: смешно́й (smešnój) — enjoyable, amusing
• Russian: весёлый (vesjólyj) — enjoyable, amusing
• Spanish: divertido — enjoyable, amusing
• Swedish: rolig — enjoyable, amusing
• Swedish: kul — enjoyable, amusing
• Swedish: skojig — enjoyable, amusing
• Tagalog: masaya — enjoyable, amusing
• Thai: สนุก (sà-nùk) — enjoyable, amusing
• Thai: มันส์ (man) — enjoyable, amusing
• Turkish: eğlenceli — enjoyable, amusing
• Turkish: neşeli — enjoyable, amusing
• Volapük: cogik — enjoyable, amusing
• Arabic: مَرَح (maraḥ) — enjoyment or amusement
• Arabic: تَرْفِيه (tarfīh) — enjoyment or amusement
• Arabic: تَسْلِيَة (tasliya) — enjoyment or amusement
• Arabic: تَرْفِيه (tarfīh) — enjoyment or amusement
• Arabic: تسلية (tisláye) — enjoyment or amusement
• Arabic: تَرْفِيه (tarfīh) — enjoyment or amusement
• Arabic: تسلية (tisláye) — enjoyment or amusement
• Armenian: հաճույք (hačuykʻ) — enjoyment or amusement
• Armenian: ուրախություն (uraxutʻyun) — enjoyment or amusement
• Assamese: ধেমালি (dhemali) — enjoyment or amusement
• Assamese: উলাহ-বিলাহ (ulah-bilah) — enjoyment or amusement
• Assamese: আমোদ (amüd) — enjoyment or amusement
• Bengali: মজা (moja) — enjoyment or amusement
• Bengali: ফুর্তি (phurti) — enjoyment or amusement
• Bulgarian: забава (zabava) — enjoyment or amusement
• Bulgarian: веселие (veselie) — enjoyment or amusement
• Catalan: diversió — enjoyment or amusement
• Chinese Mandarin: 玩 (wán) — enjoyment or amusement
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱鬧 /热闹 (rènao) — enjoyment or amusement
• Chinese Mandarin: 樂趣 /乐趣 (lèqù) — enjoyment or amusement
• Czech: zábava — enjoyment or amusement
• Czech: legrace — enjoyment or amusement
• Danish: sjov — enjoyment or amusement
• Danish: morskab — enjoyment or amusement
• Dutch: lol — enjoyment or amusement
• Dutch: plezier — enjoyment or amusement
• Dutch: pret — enjoyment or amusement
• Esperanto: ŝercado — enjoyment or amusement
• Estonian: lõbus — enjoyment or amusement
• Finnish: hauskuus — enjoyment or amusement
• French: amusement — enjoyment or amusement
• Georgian: გართობა (gartoba) — enjoyment or amusement
• German: Amüsement — enjoyment or amusement
• German: Gaudi — enjoyment or amusement
• German: Spaß — enjoyment or amusement
• German: Vergnügen — enjoyment or amusement
• German: Vergnügung — enjoyment or amusement
• Greek: κέφι (kéfi) — enjoyment or amusement
• Hebrew: הֲנָאָה (hanaá) — enjoyment or amusement
• Hebrew: כֵּיף (kēf) — enjoyment or amusement
• Hindi: मज़ा (mazā) — enjoyment or amusement
• Hungarian: móka — enjoyment or amusement
• Hungarian: tréfa — enjoyment or amusement
• Hungarian: szórakozás — enjoyment or amusement
• Hungarian: mulatság — enjoyment or amusement
• Hungarian: muri — enjoyment or amusement
• Hungarian: poén — enjoyment or amusement
• Icelandic: gaman — enjoyment or amusement
• Irish: spraoi — enjoyment or amusement
• Irish: craic — enjoyment or amusement
• Irish: spórt — enjoyment or amusement
• Irish: áibhéar — enjoyment or amusement
• Irish: aiteas — enjoyment or amusement
• Italian: divertimento — enjoyment or amusement
• Japanese: 遊び (asobi) — enjoyment or amusement
• Japanese: 楽しみ (tanoshimi) — enjoyment or amusement
• Japanese: 面白さ (omoshirosa) — enjoyment or amusement
• Korean: 재미 (jaemi) — enjoyment or amusement
• Central Kurdish: بۆ ھەوەس (bo hewes) — enjoyment or amusement
• Central Kurdish: رابواردن (rabwardin) — enjoyment or amusement
• Ladin: hez — enjoyment or amusement
• Latin: delicia — enjoyment or amusement
• Latvian: jautri — enjoyment or amusement
• Lithuanian: linksma — enjoyment or amusement
• Luxembourgish: Amüsement — enjoyment or amusement
• Luxembourgish: Spaass — enjoyment or amusement
• Macedonian: забава (zabava) — enjoyment or amusement
• Macedonian: разонода (razonoda) — enjoyment or amusement
• Malay: seronok — enjoyment or amusement
• Maltese: gost — enjoyment or amusement
• Navajo: zhǫʼ — enjoyment or amusement
• Norwegian: moro — enjoyment or amusement
• Old English: blēofæstnes — enjoyment or amusement
• Persian: سرگرمی (sargarmi) — enjoyment or amusement
• Plautdietsch: Spos — enjoyment or amusement
• Polish: ubaw — enjoyment or amusement
• Polish: radość — enjoyment or amusement
• Portuguese: divertimento — enjoyment or amusement
• Portuguese: diversão — enjoyment or amusement
• Romanian: distracție — enjoyment or amusement
• Romanian: amuzament — enjoyment or amusement
• Romanian: divertisment — enjoyment or amusement
• Romanian: plăcere — enjoyment or amusement
• Russian: поте́ха (potéxa) — enjoyment or amusement
• Russian: весе́лье (vesélʹje) — enjoyment or amusement
• Russian: заба́ва (zabáva) — enjoyment or amusement
• Russian: развлече́ние (razvlečénije) — enjoyment or amusement
• Scottish Gaelic: spòrs — enjoyment or amusement
• Scottish Gaelic: fealla-dhà — enjoyment or amusement
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃbava — enjoyment or amusement
• Serbo-Croatian: próvod — enjoyment or amusement
• Spanish: diversión — enjoyment or amusement
• Spanish: gracia — enjoyment or amusement
• Spanish: trebejo — enjoyment or amusement
• Spanish: divertimento — enjoyment or amusement
• Spanish: divertimiento — enjoyment or amusement
• Swedish: skoj — enjoyment or amusement
• Tagalog: saya — enjoyment or amusement
• Tamil: வேடிக்கை (vēṭikkai) — enjoyment or amusement
• Tamil: மஜா (majā) — enjoyment or amusement
• Tamil: உல்லாசம் (ullācam) — enjoyment or amusement
• Tamil: ஜாலி (jāli) — enjoyment or amusement
• Thai: ความสนุก (kwaam-sà-nùk) — enjoyment or amusement
• Turkish: eğlence — enjoyment or amusement
• Ottoman Turkish: جنبش (cümbüş) — enjoyment or amusement
• Ottoman Turkish: كیف (keyf) — enjoyment or amusement
• Ottoman Turkish: رامش (râmiş) — enjoyment or amusement
• Ukrainian: поті́ха (potíxa) — enjoyment or amusement
• Ukrainian: заба́ва (zabáva) — enjoyment or amusement
• Ukrainian: розва́га (rozváha) — enjoyment or amusement
• Urdu: مزہ (mazā) — enjoyment or amusement
• Volapük: cog — enjoyment or amusement
• West Flemish: leute — enjoyment or amusement
• Yiddish: שפּאַס (shpas) — enjoyment or amusement
• Armenian: զվարճանք (zvarčankʻ) — playful, often noisy, activity
• Bulgarian: веселие (veselie) — playful, often noisy, activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 玩 (wán) — playful, often noisy, activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱鬧 /热闹 (rènao) — playful, often noisy, activity
• Dutch: plezier — playful, often noisy, activity
• Dutch: pret — playful, often noisy, activity
• Dutch: lol — playful, often noisy, activity
• Finnish: hauskanpito — playful, often noisy, activity
• Greek: κέφι (kéfi) — playful, often noisy, activity
• Hungarian: mulatozás — playful, often noisy, activity
• Hungarian: mulatság — playful, often noisy, activity
• Italian: allegria — playful, often noisy, activity
• Italian: svago — playful, often noisy, activity
• Central Kurdish: ھەوەس (hewes) — playful, often noisy, activity
• Latin: lūdus — playful, often noisy, activity
• Norwegian: moro — playful, often noisy, activity
• Old English: gamen — playful, often noisy, activity
• Old English: plega — playful, often noisy, activity
• Plautdietsch: Spos — playful, often noisy, activity
• Polish: zabawa — playful, often noisy, activity
• Portuguese: divertimento — playful, often noisy, activity
• Scottish Gaelic: spòrs — playful, often noisy, activity
• Scottish Gaelic: dibhearsan — playful, often noisy, activity
• Bulgarian: закачам се (zakačam se) — to tease, kid, poke fun
• Dutch: plagen — to tease, kid, poke fun
• Finnish: laskea leikkiä — to tease, kid, poke fun
• Finnish: narrata — to tease, kid, poke fun
• Finnish: kiusoitella — to tease, kid, poke fun
• French: amuser — to tease, kid, poke fun
• Norwegian Bokmål: tulle — to tease, kid, poke fun
• Swedish: skoja — to tease, kid, poke fun