jocular

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒkjʊlə/
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• US: /ˈd͡ʒɑkjəlɚ/
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From Latin iocularis, from ioculus (“a little jest”), diminutive of iocus (“a jest”).

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: духовит (duhovit) — humorous, amusing, joking
• Bulgarian: шеговит (šegovit) — humorous, amusing, joking
• Chinese Mandarin: 詼諧 /诙谐 (huīxié, huīxie) — humorous, amusing, joking
• Chinese Mandarin: 打趣的 — humorous, amusing, joking
• Czech: žertovný — humorous, amusing, joking
• Czech: humorný — humorous, amusing, joking
• Czech: šprýmovný — humorous, amusing, joking
• Dutch: schertsend — humorous, amusing, joking
• Dutch: grappend — humorous, amusing, joking
• Esperanto: ŝerca — humorous, amusing, joking
• Esperanto: ŝercema — humorous, amusing, joking
• Finnish: hilpeä — humorous, amusing, joking
• Finnish: leikkisä — humorous, amusing, joking
• Finnish: vitsikäs — humorous, amusing, joking
• French: facétieux — humorous, amusing, joking
• French: amusant — humorous, amusing, joking
• French: humoristique — humorous, amusing, joking
• Georgian: მოხუმარი (moxumari) — humorous, amusing, joking
• Georgian: მხიარული (mxiaruli) — humorous, amusing, joking
• Georgian: სამხიარულო (samxiarulo) — humorous, amusing, joking
• Georgian: იუმორისტული (iumorisṭuli) — humorous, amusing, joking
• German: scherzhaft — humorous, amusing, joking
• German: spaßig — humorous, amusing, joking
• German: witzig — humorous, amusing, joking
• Hebrew: מְבַדֵּחַ (m'vadéakh) — humorous, amusing, joking
• Hungarian: tréfás — humorous, amusing, joking
• Ido: jokema — humorous, amusing, joking
• Ingrian: šuutkikas — humorous, amusing, joking
• Ingrian: naljakas — humorous, amusing, joking
• Japanese: 剽軽 (hyōkin) — humorous, amusing, joking
• Māori: whakakata — humorous, amusing, joking
• Polish: żartobliwy — humorous, amusing, joking
• Portuguese: jocoso — humorous, amusing, joking
• Russian: шутли́вый (šutlívyj) — humorous, amusing, joking
• Russian: шу́точный (šútočnyj) — humorous, amusing, joking
• Slovak: žartovný — humorous, amusing, joking
• Spanish: humorístico — humorous, amusing, joking
• Spanish: jocoso — humorous, amusing, joking
• Swedish: skämtsam — humorous, amusing, joking
• Swedish: munter — humorous, amusing, joking
• Swedish: glad — humorous, amusing, joking
• Swedish: lustig — humorous, amusing, joking
• Swedish: humoristisk — humorous, amusing, joking
• Ukrainian: жартівли́вий (žartivlývyj) — humorous, amusing, joking
• Welsh: ffraeth — humorous, amusing, joking
• Welsh: ysmala — humorous, amusing, joking