noun
Meaning 1
A person’s faculty for finding certain things funny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
sense of humour
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noun
Meaning 2
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she didn't appreciate my humor
- you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humor, humour, sense of humor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: playfulness, fun
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Amharic: ቀልደኛነት (ḳäldäñanät) — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Armenian: հումորի զգացում (humori zgacʻum) — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Chinese Mandarin: 幽默感 (yōumògǎn) — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Czech: smysl pro humor — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Danish: humoristisk sans — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Dutch: gevoel voor humor — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Finnish: huumorintaju — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- French: sens de l'humour — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Galician: senso de humor — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Georgian: იუმორის გრძნობა (iumoris grʒnoba) — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- German: Sinn für Humor — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Greek: αίσθηση του χιούμορ (aísthisi tou chioúmor) — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Hebrew: חוש הומור — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Hungarian: humorérzék — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Italian: senso umoristico — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Japanese: ユーモアのセンス (yūmoa no sensu) — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Māori: ngākau manawa reka — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Polish: poczucie humoru — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Portuguese: senso de humor — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Russian: чу́вство ю́мора (čúvstvo júmora) — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Spanish: sentido del humor — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Swedish: sinne för humor — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Thai: อารมณ์ขัน (aa-rom-kǎn) — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Turkish: mizah anlayışı — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Turkish: espri anlayışı — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Ukrainian: почуття гумору (počuttja humoru) — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny
- Vietnamese: khiếu hài hước — person’s faculty for finding certain things funny