joke

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯k/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɵ̞ʊ̯k/
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯k/
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈd͡ʒɔʊ̯k/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈd͡ʒəʉ̯k/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈd͡ʒɐ̝ʉ̯k/
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• rhymes with -əʊk
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• CMU ARPABET: JH OW1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jeu, Italian gioco, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Romanian joc, English Yule, Danish Jule, Norwegian Bokmål Jul, Swedish Jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol.

420 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shaka — amusing story
• Albanian: rrojmë — amusing story
• Albanian: hajgare — amusing story
• Albanian: tallje — amusing story
• Albanian: mbrrakulli — amusing story
• Arabic: طُرْفَة (ṭurfa) — amusing story
• Arabic: نُكْتَة (nukta) — amusing story
• Arabic: نَادِرَة (nādira) — amusing story
• Arabic: لَطِيفَة (laṭīfa) — amusing story
• Arabic: نكتة (nukta) — amusing story
• Arabic: نكتة (nikta) — amusing story
• Arabic: نُكْتة (nukta) — amusing story
• Arabic: نكتة (nukta) — amusing story
• Arabic: نكتة (nukte) — amusing story
• Armenian: կատակ (katak) — amusing story
• Armenian: հանաք (hanakʻ) — amusing story
• Azerbaijani: lətifə — amusing story
• Basque: txiste — amusing story
• Belarusian: жарт (žart) — amusing story
• Belarusian: анекдо́т (anjekdót) — amusing story
• Belarusian: до́сціп (dóscip) — amusing story
• Bulgarian: шега́ (šegá) — amusing story
• Bulgarian: анекдо́т (anekdót) — amusing story
• Bulgarian: виц (vic) — amusing story
• Carpathian Rusyn: фіґель (figelʹ) — amusing story
• Carpathian Rusyn: анекдо́т (anekdót) — amusing story
• Carpathian Rusyn: смішо́к (smišók) — amusing story
• Catalan: acudit — amusing story
• Chechen: забар (zabar) — amusing story
• Chechen: бегаш (begaš) — amusing story
• Chinese Cantonese: 笑話 /笑话 — amusing story
• Hakka Chinese: 笑話 /笑话 (seu-fa) — amusing story
• Chinese: 笑詼 /笑诙 (zh-min-nan) — amusing story
• Chinese: 笑話 /笑话 (zh-min-nan) — amusing story
• Chinese Mandarin: 笑話 /笑话 (xiàohua) — amusing story
• Coptic: ⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲱⲃⲓ (saji ǹsōbi) — amusing story
• Corsican: macagna — amusing story
• Czech: vtip — amusing story
• Danish: vittighed — amusing story
• Danish: vits — amusing story
• Danish: joke — amusing story
• Dutch: mop — amusing story
• Dutch: grap — amusing story
• Dutch: grol — amusing story
• Esperanto: ŝerco — amusing story
• Esperanto: amuzaĵo — amusing story
• Estonian: nali — amusing story
• Estonian: anekdoot — amusing story
• Faroese: skemtisøga — amusing story
• Faroese: krønika — amusing story
• Finnish: vitsi — amusing story
• Finnish: pila — amusing story
• Finnish: kasku — amusing story
• Finnish: läppä — amusing story
• French: plaisanterie — amusing story
• French: blague — amusing story
• French: joke — amusing story
• Georgian: ხუმრობა (xumroba) — amusing story
• Georgian: ანეკდოტი (aneḳdoṭi) — amusing story
• German: Witz — amusing story
• Greek: ανέκδοτο (anékdoto) — amusing story
• Ancient Greek: σκῶμμα (skômma) — amusing story
• Ancient Greek: χλεύη (khleúē) — amusing story
• Hebrew: בְּדִיחָה (b'dikhá) — amusing story
• Hindi: चुटकुला (cuṭkulā) — amusing story
• Hindi: लतीफ़ा (latīfā) — amusing story
• Hungarian: vicc — amusing story
• Icelandic: brandari — amusing story
• Indonesian: candaan — amusing story
• Ingrian: nalja — amusing story
• Ingrian: šuutka — amusing story
• Italian: barzelletta — amusing story
• Italian: battuta — amusing story
• Italian: scherzo — amusing story
• Italian: celia — amusing story
• Japanese: 冗談 (jōdan) — amusing story
• Khmer: ហាសវត្ថុ (haasaʼvŏətthoʼ) — amusing story
• Korean: 농담 (nongdam) — amusing story
• Korean: 롱담 (rongdam) — amusing story
• Central Kurdish: نوکتە (nukte) — amusing story
• Northern Kurdish: henek — amusing story
• Kyrgyz: тамаша (tamaşa) — amusing story
• Latin: iocus — amusing story
• Latin: nūgae — amusing story
• Latvian: joks — amusing story
• Macedonian: шега (šega) — amusing story
• Malay: jenaka — amusing story
• Malay: seloroh — amusing story
• Malayalam: തമാശ (tamāśa) — amusing story
• Mizo: fiamthu — amusing story
• Mongolian: онигоо (onigoo) — amusing story
• Norwegian Bokmål: vits — amusing story
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vits — amusing story
• Oromo: qoosaa — amusing story
• Iranian Persian: لَطیفِه (latife) — amusing story
• Iranian Persian: جوک (jok) — amusing story
• Iranian Persian: شوخی (šuxi) — amusing story
• Iranian Persian: مِزاح (mezâh) — amusing story
• Plautdietsch: Spos — amusing story
• Polish: dowcip — amusing story
• Polish: kawał — amusing story
• Polish: żart — amusing story
• Portuguese: piada — amusing story
• Balkan-Romani: pherǎs — amusing story
• Romanian: banc — amusing story
• Romanian: glumă — amusing story
• Romanian: șagă — amusing story
• Russian: анекдо́т (anekdót) — amusing story
• Russian: шу́тка (šútka) — amusing story
• Scottish Gaelic: fealla-dhà — amusing story
• Serbo-Croatian: ша́ла — amusing story
• Serbo-Croatian: šála — amusing story
• Slovak: vtip — amusing story
• Slovene: šala — amusing story
• Spanish: broma — amusing story
• Spanish: chiste — amusing story
• Spanish: chascarrillo — amusing story
• Swahili: kasheshe — amusing story
• Swedish: rolig historia — amusing story
• Swedish: vits — amusing story
• Swedish: skämt — amusing story
• Tagalog: biro — amusing story
• Tajik: аския (askiya) — amusing story
• Tajik: латифа (latifa) — amusing story
• Tamil: நகைச்சுவை (nakaiccuvai) — amusing story
• Thai: มุก (múk) — amusing story
• Tibetan: ཀྱལ (kyal) — amusing story
• Turkish: fıkra — amusing story
• Ottoman Turkish: شقا (şaka) — amusing story
• Ottoman Turkish: اویون (oyun) — amusing story
• Ottoman Turkish: لطیفه (latife) — amusing story
• Turkmen: degişme — amusing story
• Ukrainian: жарт (žart) — amusing story
• Ukrainian: до́теп (dótep) — amusing story
• Ukrainian: анекдо́т (anekdót) — amusing story
• Urdu: لَطِیفَہ (latīfa) — amusing story
• Uyghur: لەتىپە (letipe) — amusing story
• Uyghur: شاڭخو (shangxo) — amusing story
• Uzbek: latifa — amusing story
• Vietnamese: chuyện tiếu lâm — amusing story
• Waray-Waray: ti-aw — amusing story
• Welsh: jôc — amusing story
• Welsh: jôcs — amusing story
• Yiddish: וויץ (vits) — amusing story
• Albanian: shaka — something said or done for amusement
• Albanian: mbrrakulli — something said or done for amusement
• Arabic: نُكْتَة (nukta) — something said or done for amusement
• Arabic: هَزْل (hazl) — something said or done for amusement
• Arabic: نكتة (nikta) — something said or done for amusement
• Armenian: կատակ (katak) — something said or done for amusement
• Azerbaijani: zarafat — something said or done for amusement
• Basque: txantxa — something said or done for amusement
• Belarusian: жарт (žart) — something said or done for amusement
• Bengali: প্রহসন (prohośon) — something said or done for amusement
• Bengali: রসিকতা (rośikota) — something said or done for amusement
• Bulgarian: шега́ (šegá) — something said or done for amusement
• Burmese: အသော (a.sau:) — something said or done for amusement
• Catalan: broma — something said or done for amusement
• Chechen: бегаш (begaš) — something said or done for amusement
• Chechen: забар (zabar) — something said or done for amusement
• Chinese Mandarin: 玩笑 (wánxiào) — something said or done for amusement
• Coptic: ⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲱⲃⲓ (saji ǹsōbi) — something said or done for amusement
• Corsican: macagna — something said or done for amusement
• Czech: vtip — something said or done for amusement
• Czech: vtípek — something said or done for amusement
• Czech: žert — something said or done for amusement
• Czech: žertík — something said or done for amusement
• Danish: spøg — something said or done for amusement
• Dutch: mop — something said or done for amusement
• Dutch: grap — something said or done for amusement
• Dutch: geintje — something said or done for amusement
• Dutch: lol — something said or done for amusement
• Esperanto: amuzaĵo — something said or done for amusement
• Estonian: nali — something said or done for amusement
• Faroese: skemt — something said or done for amusement
• Finnish: pila — something said or done for amusement
• Finnish: kuje — something said or done for amusement
• Finnish: kepponen — something said or done for amusement
• Finnish: vitsi — something said or done for amusement
• Finnish: kasku — something said or done for amusement
• Finnish: sutkaus — something said or done for amusement
• French: plaisanterie — something said or done for amusement
• French: blague — something said or done for amusement
• Georgian: ხუმრობა (xumroba) — something said or done for amusement
• German: Scherz — something said or done for amusement
• German: Streich — something said or done for amusement
• German: Witz — something said or done for amusement
• German: Spaß — something said or done for amusement
• Greek: αστείο (asteío) — something said or done for amusement
• Greek: πλάκα (pláka) — something said or done for amusement
• Ancient Greek: σκῶμμα (skômma) — something said or done for amusement
• Ancient Greek: χλεύη (khleúē) — something said or done for amusement
• Hebrew: בְּדִיחָה (b'dikhá) — something said or done for amusement
• Hindi: मज़ाक़ (mazāq) — something said or done for amusement
• Hindi: चुटकुला (cuṭkulā) — something said or done for amusement
• Hindi: लतीफ़ा (latīfā) — something said or done for amusement
• Hungarian: tréfa — something said or done for amusement
• Icelandic: grín — something said or done for amusement
• Icelandic: spaug — something said or done for amusement
• Indonesian: lelucon — something said or done for amusement
• Indonesian: lawak — something said or done for amusement
• Interlingua: burla — something said or done for amusement
• Irish: cleas — something said or done for amusement
• Italian: battuta — something said or done for amusement
• Italian: scherzo — something said or done for amusement
• Italian: celia — something said or done for amusement
• Japanese: 冗談 (jōdan) — something said or done for amusement
• Japanese: ジョーク (jōku) — something said or done for amusement
• Kabuverdianu: txakóta — something said or done for amusement
• Kabuverdianu: txokóta — something said or done for amusement
• Kazakh: әзіл (äzıl) — something said or done for amusement
• Kazakh: қалжың (qaljyñ) — something said or done for amusement
• Kazakh: ажуа (ajua) — something said or done for amusement
• Kazakh: ойын (oiyn) — something said or done for amusement
• Khmer: ពាក្យនិយាយលេង (piək niyiəy leing) — something said or done for amusement
• Khmer: ល្បែងលេងសើច (lbaeng leing saəc) — something said or done for amusement
• Korean: 농담 (nongdam) — something said or done for amusement
• Korean: 롱담 (rongdam) — something said or done for amusement
• Central Kurdish: گاڵتە (gallte) — something said or done for amusement
• Northern Kurdish: henek — something said or done for amusement
• Northern Kurdish: galte — something said or done for amusement
• Kyrgyz: тамаша (tamaşa) — something said or done for amusement
• Kyrgyz: азил (azil) — something said or done for amusement
• Lao: ເລື່ອງຕະຫຼົກ (lư̄ang ta lok) — something said or done for amusement
• Latin: iocus — something said or done for amusement
• Latin: facetia — something said or done for amusement
• Latvian: joks — something said or done for amusement
• Lithuanian: juõkas — something said or done for amusement
• Lithuanian: pókštas — something said or done for amusement
• Macedonian: шега (šega) — something said or done for amusement
• Malay: lawak — something said or done for amusement
• Malayalam: തമാശ (tamāśa) — something said or done for amusement
• Mongolian: хошигнол (xošignol) — something said or done for amusement
• Norwegian Bokmål: spøk — something said or done for amusement
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spøk — something said or done for amusement
• Pannonian Rusyn: франта (franta) — something said or done for amusement
• Pannonian Rusyn: жарта (žarta) — something said or done for amusement
• Pashto: ټوکه (ṭoka) — something said or done for amusement
• Pashto: انک (anák) — something said or done for amusement
• Iranian Persian: شوخی (šuxi) — something said or done for amusement
• Iranian Persian: مِزاح (mezâh) — something said or done for amusement
• Iranian Persian: هَزْل (hazl) — something said or done for amusement
• Polish: dowcip — something said or done for amusement
• Polish: żart — something said or done for amusement
• Polish: kawał — something said or done for amusement
• Portuguese: brincadeira — something said or done for amusement
• Portuguese: piada — something said or done for amusement
• Balkan-Romani: pherǎs — something said or done for amusement
• Romanian: glumă — something said or done for amusement
• Russian: шу́тка (šútka) — something said or done for amusement
• Russian: остро́та (ostróta) — something said or done for amusement
• Sanskrit: विनोदकणिका (vinodakaṇikā) — something said or done for amusement
• Sanskrit: उपहासगिर् (upahāsagir) — something said or done for amusement
• Sanskrit: अभिहास (abhihāsa) — something said or done for amusement
• Scottish Gaelic: cleas — something said or done for amusement
• Scottish Gaelic: fealla-dhà — something said or done for amusement
• Serbo-Croatian: ша́ла — something said or done for amusement
• Serbo-Croatian: šála — something said or done for amusement
• Slovak: vtip — something said or done for amusement
• Slovak: žart — something said or done for amusement
• Slovene: šala — something said or done for amusement
• Spanish: broma — something said or done for amusement
• Spanish: cuchufleta — something said or done for amusement
• Spanish: facecia — something said or done for amusement
• Spanish: coña — something said or done for amusement
• Spanish: jarana — something said or done for amusement
• Spanish: chistosería — something said or done for amusement
• Swahili: kasheshe — something said or done for amusement
• Swahili: mzaha — something said or done for amusement
• Swedish: skämt — something said or done for amusement
• Tagalog: biro — something said or done for amusement
• Tajik: шӯхӣ (šüxi) — something said or done for amusement
• Tajik: ҳазл (hazl) — something said or done for amusement
• Tajik: мазоҳ (mazoh) — something said or done for amusement
• Tamil: வேடிக்கை (vēṭikkai) — something said or done for amusement
• Tamil: நகைச்சுவை (nakaiccuvai) — something said or done for amusement
• Thai: มุก (múk) — something said or done for amusement
• Thai: เรื่องตลก (rʉ̂ʉang-dtà-lòk) — something said or done for amusement
• Tibetan: བསྟན་ཤིག་སློང (bstan shig slong) — something said or done for amusement
• Turkish: şaka — something said or done for amusement
• Turkish: latife — something said or done for amusement
• Ottoman Turkish: شقا (şaka) — something said or done for amusement
• Ottoman Turkish: اویون (oyun) — something said or done for amusement
• Ottoman Turkish: لطیفه (latife) — something said or done for amusement
• Turkmen: oýun — something said or done for amusement
• Ukrainian: жарт (žart) — something said or done for amusement
• Urdu: مَذاق (mazāq) — something said or done for amusement
• Urdu: لَطِیفَہ (latīfa) — something said or done for amusement
• Urdu: ہَزْل (hazl) — something said or done for amusement
• Uyghur: چاقچاق (chaqchaq) — something said or done for amusement
• Uyghur: مايداڭ (maydang) — something said or done for amusement
• Uyghur: ھەزىل (hezil) — something said or done for amusement
• Uzbek: xazil — something said or done for amusement
• Uzbek: mazah — something said or done for amusement
• Vietnamese: đùa — something said or done for amusement
• Vietnamese: lời nói đùa — something said or done for amusement
• Vietnamese: câu nói đùa — something said or done for amusement
• Volapük: cog — something said or done for amusement
• Volapük: cogil — something said or done for amusement
• Yiddish: וויץ (vits) — something said or done for amusement
• Yiddish: שפּאַס (shpas) — something said or done for amusement
• Azerbaijani: məzə — the root issue
• Hungarian: vicc — the root issue
• Polish: dowcip — the root issue
• Czech: šašek — worthless thing or person
• Czech: klaun — worthless thing or person
• Dutch: grap — worthless thing or person
• Dutch: aanfluiting — worthless thing or person
• French: raté — worthless thing or person
• French: ratée — worthless thing or person
• Georgian: დასაცინი (dasacini) — worthless thing or person
• Georgian: სასაცილო (sasacilo) — worthless thing or person
• Georgian: მასხარა (masxara) — worthless thing or person
• German: Witz — worthless thing or person
• Hungarian: vicc — worthless thing or person
• Icelandic: brandari — worthless thing or person
• Italian: burla — worthless thing or person
• Central Kurdish: گاڵتە (gallte) — worthless thing or person
• Norwegian Bokmål: vits — worthless thing or person
• Iranian Persian: مَسْخَرِه (masxare) — worthless thing or person
• Iranian Persian: شوت (šut) — worthless thing or person
• Polish: żart — worthless thing or person
• Portuguese: piada — worthless thing or person
• Balkan-Romani: devruś — worthless thing or person
• Romanian: glumă — worthless thing or person
• Russian: кло́ун (klóun) — worthless thing or person
• Russian: шут (šut) — worthless thing or person
• Russian: посме́шище (posméšišče) — worthless thing or person
• Spanish: tomadura de pelo — worthless thing or person
• Swedish: skämt — worthless thing or person
• Tagalog: gago — worthless thing or person
• Tagalog: gaguhan — worthless thing or person
• Tagalog: panggagago — worthless thing or person
• Afrikaans: grap — do for amusement
• Arabic: مَزَحَ (mazaḥa) — do for amusement
• Arabic: مزح (mazaḥ) — do for amusement
• Arabic: نَكَّت (nakkat) — do for amusement
• Armenian: կատակել (katakel) — do for amusement
• Armenian: զվարճախոսել (zvarčaxosel) — do for amusement
• Azerbaijani: zarafat etmək — do for amusement
• Belarusian: жартава́ць (žartavácʹ) — do for amusement
• Bulgarian: шегувам се (šeguvam se) — do for amusement
• Burmese: ရွှတ် (hrwat) — do for amusement
• Cherokee: ᎦᏪᏟᎭ (gawetliha) — do for amusement
• Chinese Mandarin: 開玩笑 /开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào) — do for amusement
• Czech: žertovat — do for amusement
• Danish: spøge — do for amusement
• Dutch: grappen — do for amusement
• Dutch: grappenmaken — do for amusement
• Esperanto: ŝerci — do for amusement
• Estonian: naljatama — do for amusement
• Faroese: skemta — do for amusement
• Finnish: vitsailla — do for amusement
• Finnish: pilailla — do for amusement
• French: plaisanter — do for amusement
• French: blaguer — do for amusement
• Georgian: ხუმრობა (xumroba) — do for amusement
• Georgian: ოხუნჯობა (oxunǯoba) — do for amusement
• Georgian: ლაზღანდარობა (lazɣandaroba) — do for amusement
• German: scherzen — do for amusement
• German: Witze machen — do for amusement
• German: Spaß machen — do for amusement
• German: witzeln — do for amusement
• Greek: ατειεύομαι (ateiévomai) — do for amusement
• Ancient Greek: σκώπτω (skṓptō) — do for amusement
• Hebrew: התלוצץ (hitlotséts) — do for amusement
• Hebrew: התבדח (hitbadéakh) — do for amusement
• Hungarian: tréfál — do for amusement
• Hungarian: viccel — do for amusement
• Icelandic: grínast — do for amusement
• Icelandic: spauga — do for amusement
• Ingrian: šuutkia — do for amusement
• Italian: scherzare — do for amusement
• Japanese: 冗談を言う (jōdan o iu) — do for amusement
• Japanese: 冷やかす (hiyakasu) — do for amusement
• Japanese: 巫山戯る (fuzakeru) — do for amusement
• Korean: 농담하다 (nongdamhada) — do for amusement
• Korean: 롱담하다 (rongdamhada) — do for amusement
• Central Kurdish: گالتە کردن (galte kirdin) — do for amusement
• Kyrgyz: тамашалоо (tamaşaloo) — do for amusement
• Kyrgyz: калжың кылуу (kaljıŋ kıluu) — do for amusement
• Latin: iocor — do for amusement
• Latin: ioculor — do for amusement
• Latvian: jokot — do for amusement
• Neapolitan: pazzià — do for amusement
• Norwegian: tulle — do for amusement
• Norwegian: tulle bort — do for amusement
• Norwegian: kødde — do for amusement
• Old English: gamenian — do for amusement
• Polish: żartować — do for amusement
• Portuguese: gracejar — do for amusement
• Portuguese: contar piada — do for amusement
• Portuguese: brincar — do for amusement
• Balkan-Romani: kerel pherǎs, asavel — do for amusement
• Balkan-Romani: marel pherǎs — do for amusement
• Balkan-Romani: marel muj — do for amusement
• Romanian: glumi — do for amusement
• Russian: шути́ть (šutítʹ) — do for amusement
• Russian: пошути́ть (pošutítʹ) — do for amusement
• Serbo-Croatian: шалити се — do for amusement
• Serbo-Croatian: šaliti se — do for amusement
• Sicilian: babbiàri — do for amusement
• Slovak: žartovať — do for amusement
• Slovene: šaliti se — do for amusement
• Slovene: hecati se — do for amusement
• Upper Sorbian: žortować — do for amusement
• Spanish: bromear — do for amusement
• Spanish: jaranear — do for amusement
• Spanish: chistear — do for amusement
• Spanish: chilar — do for amusement
• Spanish: chilear — do for amusement
• Swedish: skämta — do for amusement
• Swedish: skoja — do for amusement
• Tagalog: biro — do for amusement
• Tamil: விளையாடு (viḷaiyāṭu) — do for amusement
• Turkish: şaka yapmak — do for amusement
• Ottoman Turkish: لطیفه ایتمك (latife etmek) — do for amusement
• Ukrainian: жартува́ти (žartuváty) — do for amusement
• Vietnamese: nói đùa — do for amusement
• Volapük: cogön — do for amusement