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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfʌni/
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• Northern-England: /ˈfʊni/
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• Scotland: /ˈfʌne/
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• South-Asia: /ˈfənːi/
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• South-Asia: [fɐ(n).niˑ]
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• rhymes with -ʌni
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• CMU ARPABET: F AH1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English fun Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English funny From fun + -y.

Perhaps a jocular use of funny. See above.

225 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: snaaks — amusing; comical
• Alabama: tasihmo — amusing; comical
• Arabic: مُضْحِك (muḍḥik) — amusing; comical
• Arabic: هَزْلِيّ (hazliyy) — amusing; comical
• Arabic: مضحك (modḥek) — amusing; comical
• Arabic: دمّه خفيف (dammu xafīf) — amusing; comical
• Arabic: يِضَحِّك (yiḍaḥḥik) — amusing; comical
• Arabic: مضحك (múdḥek) — amusing; comical
• Armenian: ծիծաղելի (cicaġeli) — amusing; comical
• Armenian: զվարճալի (zvarčali) — amusing; comical
• Armenian: ծիծաղաշարժ (cicaġašarž) — amusing; comical
• Azerbaijani: gülməli — amusing; comical
• Azerbaijani: əyləncəli — amusing; comical
• Azerbaijani: məzəli — amusing; comical
• Belarusian: сме́шны (smjéšny) — amusing; comical
• Belarusian: заба́ўны (zabáwny) — amusing; comical
• Belarusian: фацэ́тны (facétny) — amusing; comical
• Bulgarian: смешен (smešen) — amusing; comical
• Bulgarian: заба́вен (zabáven) — amusing; comical
• Catalan: divertit — amusing; comical
• Catalan: còmic — amusing; comical
• Chechen: беламе (belame) — amusing; comical
• Chinese Mandarin: 可笑 (kěxiào) — amusing; comical
• Chinese Mandarin: 滑稽 (huájī) — amusing; comical
• Cornish: hwarthus — amusing; comical
• Czech: legrační — amusing; comical
• Czech: zábavný — amusing; comical
• Danish: morsom — amusing; comical
• Danish: sjov — amusing; comical
• Dutch: grappig — amusing; comical
• Dutch: geinig — amusing; comical
• Dutch: komiek — amusing; comical
• Esperanto: komika — amusing; comical
• Esperanto: amuza — amusing; comical
• Esperanto: ridinda — amusing; comical
• Esperanto: ridiga — amusing; comical
• Estonian: naljakas — amusing; comical
• Faroese: skemtiligur — amusing; comical
• Faroese: stuttligur — amusing; comical
• Finnish: hassu — amusing; comical
• Finnish: hauska — amusing; comical
• Finnish: hupaisa — amusing; comical
• Finnish: huvittava — amusing; comical
• Finnish: koominen — amusing; comical
• French: drôle — amusing; comical
• French: amusant — amusing; comical
• French: rigolo — amusing; comical
• French: marrant — amusing; comical
• Galician: divertido — amusing; comical
• Galician: pavero — amusing; comical
• Georgian: სასაცილო (sasacilo) — amusing; comical
• German: lustig — amusing; comical
• Greek: αστείος (asteíos) — amusing; comical
• Greek: διασκεδαστικός (diaskedastikós) — amusing; comical
• Haitian Creole: komik — amusing; comical
• Hebrew: מַצְחִיק (mats'khík) — amusing; comical
• Hindi: मज़ाक़िया (mazāqiyā) — amusing; comical
• Hungarian: vicces — amusing; comical
• Icelandic: fyndinn — amusing; comical
• Indonesian: lucu — amusing; comical
• Ingrian: naljakas — amusing; comical
• Irish: greannmhar — amusing; comical
• Irish: barrúil — amusing; comical
• Italian: buffo — amusing; comical
• Italian: buffa — amusing; comical
• Italian: divertente — amusing; comical
• Italian: esilarante — amusing; comical
• Japanese: 面白い (omoshiroi) — amusing; comical
• Japanese: 可笑しい (okashii) — amusing; comical
• Japanese: 楽しい (tanoshii) — amusing; comical
• Khmer: កំប្លែង (kɑmplaeng) — amusing; comical
• Korean: 우습다 (useupda) — amusing; comical
• Korean: 재미있다 (jaemiitda) — amusing; comical
• Central Kurdish: عەنتیکە ('entîke) — amusing; comical
• Laboya: kadiggi — amusing; comical
• Lao: ຕລົກ (ta lok) — amusing; comical
• Latin: rīdiculus — amusing; comical
• Latin: ioculāris — amusing; comical
• Latvian: jocīgs — amusing; comical
• Latvian: smieklīgs — amusing; comical
• Louisiana Creole: fars — amusing; comical
• Luxembourgish: komesch — amusing; comical
• Luxembourgish: lëschteg — amusing; comical
• Luxembourgish: spaasseg — amusing; comical
• Malay: kelakar — amusing; comical
• Marathi: विनोदी (vinodī) — amusing; comical
• Mirandese: adbertido — amusing; comical
• Mirandese: adbertida — amusing; comical
• Neapolitan: spassùso — amusing; comical
• Nepali: हाँसोउठ्दो (hā̃souṭhdo) — amusing; comical
• Nepali: हाँसोलाग्दो (hā̃solāgdo) — amusing; comical
• Norman: draole — amusing; comical
• Norwegian: artig — amusing; comical
• Norwegian Bokmål: morsom — amusing; comical
• Norwegian Bokmål: gøy — amusing; comical
• Norwegian Nynorsk: morosam — amusing; comical
• Norwegian Nynorsk: løye — amusing; comical
• Old English: hleahtorbære — amusing; comical
• Old Tupi: oryb — amusing; comical
• Old Tupi: ory — amusing; comical
• Persian: مسخره (masxare) — amusing; comical
• Persian: مضحک (mozhek) — amusing; comical
• Persian: خندهدار (xande-dâr) — amusing; comical
• Persian: کمیک (komik) — amusing; comical
• Plautdietsch: lajchrich — amusing; comical
• Plautdietsch: sposich — amusing; comical
• Polish: zabawny — amusing; comical
• Polish: śmieszny — amusing; comical
• Portuguese: engraçado — amusing; comical
• Portuguese: divertido — amusing; comical
• Romanian: caraghios — amusing; comical
• Romanian: amuzant — amusing; comical
• Russian: смешно́й (smešnój) — amusing; comical
• Russian: заба́вный (zabávnyj) — amusing; comical
• Russian: прико́льный (prikólʹnyj) — amusing; comical
• Sanskrit: हास्य (hāsya) — amusing; comical
• Scottish Gaelic: èibhinn — amusing; comical
• Scottish Gaelic: àbhachdach — amusing; comical
• Slovak: smiešny — amusing; comical
• Slovak: zábavný — amusing; comical
• Spanish: divertido — amusing; comical
• Spanish: cómico — amusing; comical
• Spanish: gracioso — amusing; comical
• Spanish: chistoso — amusing; comical
• Spanish: desternillante — amusing; comical
• Spanish: tronchante — amusing; comical
• Swedish: rolig — amusing; comical
• Swedish: komisk — amusing; comical
• Swedish: lustig — amusing; comical
• Swedish: skojig — amusing; comical
• Thai: ตลก (dtà-lòk) — amusing; comical
• Turkish: komik — amusing; comical
• Turkish: gülünç — amusing; comical
• Ukrainian: смішни́й (smišnýj) — amusing; comical
• Ukrainian: куме́дний (kumédnyj) — amusing; comical
• Ukrainian: заба́вний (zabávnyj) — amusing; comical
• Uyghur: كۈلكىلىك (külkilik) — amusing; comical
• Uzbek: kulguli — amusing; comical
• Vietnamese: buồn cười — amusing; comical
• Vietnamese: ngồ ngộ — amusing; comical
• Vietnamese: khôi hài — amusing; comical
• Welsh: doniol — amusing; comical
• Welsh: digrif — amusing; comical
• Afrikaans: snaaks — strange; unusual
• Alabama: sobayhíkko — strange; unusual
• Azerbaijani: qəribə — strange; unusual
• Azerbaijani: əcaib — strange; unusual
• Bulgarian: странен (stranen) — strange; unusual
• Bulgarian: особен (osoben) — strange; unusual
• Danish: sjov — strange; unusual
• Danish: besynderlig — strange; unusual
• Danish: underlig — strange; unusual
• Dutch: eigenaardig — strange; unusual
• Dutch: raar — strange; unusual
• Dutch: zeldzaam — strange; unusual
• Dutch: merkwaardig — strange; unusual
• Dutch: vreemd — strange; unusual
• Dutch: bizar — strange; unusual
• Esperanto: stranga — strange; unusual
• Esperanto: kurioza — strange; unusual
• Esperanto: bizara — strange; unusual
• Esperanto: drola — strange; unusual
• Faroese: serur — strange; unusual
• Faroese: løgin — strange; unusual
• Faroese: undarligur — strange; unusual
• Finnish: kummallinen — strange; unusual
• Finnish: outo — strange; unusual
• Finnish: hassu — strange; unusual
• French: étrange — strange; unusual
• French: marrant — strange; unusual
• French: bizarre — strange; unusual
• Galician: estraño — strange; unusual
• German: komisch — strange; unusual
• German: merkwürdig — strange; unusual
• German: seltsam — strange; unusual
• German: eigenartig — strange; unusual
• Hindi: अजीब (ajīb) — strange; unusual
• Hindi: अनोखा (anokhā) — strange; unusual
• Indonesian: aneh — strange; unusual
• Irish: saoithiúil — strange; unusual
• Italian: inconsueto — strange; unusual
• Italian: strano — strange; unusual
• Japanese: 変 (hen) — strange; unusual
• Korean: 이상하다 (isanghada) — strange; unusual
• Central Kurdish: عەجایەب ('ecayeb) — strange; unusual
• Central Kurdish: سەیر (seyr) — strange; unusual
• Latvian: jocīgs — strange; unusual
• Louisiana Creole: dròl — strange; unusual
• Louisiana Creole: drol — strange; unusual
• Louisiana Creole: fars — strange; unusual
• Luxembourgish: komesch — strange; unusual
• Luxembourgish: droleg — strange; unusual
• Luxembourgish: aartlech — strange; unusual
• Luxembourgish: gelungen — strange; unusual
• Malay: pelik — strange; unusual
• Neapolitan: curàùso — strange; unusual
• Norwegian: rar — strange; unusual
• Norwegian: merkelig — strange; unusual
• Ojibwe: mayagi- — strange; unusual
• Portuguese: estranho — strange; unusual
• Romanian: caraghios — strange; unusual
• Russian: стра́нный (stránnyj) — strange; unusual
• Russian: прико́льный (prikólʹnyj) — strange; unusual
• Spanish: extraño — strange; unusual
• Spanish: raro — strange; unusual
• Spanish: inusual — strange; unusual
• Swedish: konstig — strange; unusual
• Swedish: märklig — strange; unusual
• Swedish: underlig — strange; unusual
• Swedish: sällsam — strange; unusual
• Turkish: tuhaf — strange; unusual
• Turkish: acayip — strange; unusual
• Vietnamese: là lạ — strange; unusual
• Alabama: afaahilka — joke
• Bulgarian: шега (šega) — joke
• Bulgarian: виц (vic) — joke
• Dutch: grap — joke
• Dutch: mop — joke
• Dutch: grol — joke
• Esperanto: amuzaĵo — joke
• Finnish: vitsi — joke
• French: blague — joke
• Icelandic: brandari — joke
• Italian: scherzo — joke
• Neapolitan: jacuèlla — joke