fun

fun

 (fŭn)

n.

1. Enjoyment; amusement: We had fun at the beach.

2. A source of enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure: Was the party fun?

v. funned, fun·ning, funs Informal

v.intr.

To speak or act facetiously; joke or fool.

v.tr.

To tease or speak playfully to.

adj. Informal

Enjoyable; amusing: "You're a real fun guy" (Margaret Truman).

Idiom:

for/in fun

As a joke; playfully.

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[Possibly from fon, to make a fool of, from Middle English fonnen, to fool, possibly from fonne, fool.]

Usage Note: The use of fun as an adjective probably originated when people heard the noun in sentences like Skiing is fun and interpreted it as a predicate adjective along the lines of Skiing is enjoyable. From there it was a short step to using fun attributively to modify a noun, as in a fun time or a fun place. This usage has become widespread and must be considered standard; in our 2015 survey, the sentence We went to a fun party was judged acceptable by 84 percent of the Usage Panel. The inflection of the adjective (as funner, funnest) is another matter. Although the inflected forms have been in use since the 1950s, they are almost never found in edited prose aside from direct quotations, usually of children. In our survey, funner and funnest were rated as unacceptable by 88 percent and 80 percent of the Panelists, respectively, and most of the remainder rated them as merely "somewhat acceptable."

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fun

(fʌn)

n

1. a source of enjoyment, amusement, diversion, etc

2. pleasure, gaiety, or merriment

3. jest or sport (esp in the phrases in or for fun)

4. fun and games facetious ironic amusement; frivolous activity

5. like fun informal

a. (adverb) quickly; vigorously

b. (interjection) not at all! certainly not!

6. make fun of poke fun at to ridicule or deride

7. (modifier) full of amusement, diversion, gaiety, etc: a fun sport.

vb, funs, funning or funned

(intr) informal to act in a joking or sporting manner

[C17: perhaps from obsolete fon to make a fool of; see fond¹]

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fun

(fʌn)

n., v. funned, fun•ning, n.

1. something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.

2. enjoyment or playfulness: She's full of fun.

v.i., v.t.

3. Informal. to joke; kid.

adj.

4. Informal. providing pleasure or amusement; enjoyable: a fun thing to do; really a fun person.

Idioms:

1. for or in fun, as a joke; not seriously; playfully.

2. like fun, Informal. certainly not; by no means: Pay you double? Like fun!

3. make fun of, to make the object of ridicule; deride.

[1675–85; dial. variant of obsolete fon]

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fun

– funny

1. 'fun'

If something is fun, it is pleasant, enjoyable, and not serious.

It's fun working for him.

If you have fun, you enjoy yourself.

We had great fun at the party.

She wanted a bit more fun out of life.

Be Careful!
Fun is an uncountable noun. Don't say that someone 'has funs' or 'has a great fun'.

If you want to say that something is very enjoyable, you can say that it is great fun or a lot of fun.

The game was great fun.

In conversation and informal writing, you can use fun as an adjective. Don't use fun in this way in formal writing.

It was a fun evening.

She's a really fun person to be around.

2. 'funny'

If something is funny, it is amusing and makes you smile or laugh.

She told funny stories.

Wayne could be very funny when he wanted to.

You can also say that something is funny when it is strange, surprising, or puzzling.

The funny thing is, we went to Arthur's house just yesterday.

Have you noticed anything funny about this plane?

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fun

Past participle: funned
Gerund: funning

Imperative

fun

fun

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fun - activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" merriment, playfulness diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"
	2.	fun - verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport" sport, play humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter jocosity, jocularity - fun characterized by humor waggery, waggishness - waggish behavior drollery, funniness, clowning, comedy - a comic incident or series of incidents paronomasia, pun, punning, wordplay - a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
	3.	fun - violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun" activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	4.	fun - a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with" playfulness frivolity, frivolousness - the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible facetiousness - playful humor archness, pertness, sauciness, perkiness, impertinence - inappropriate playfulness friskiness, frolicsomeness, sportiveness - lively high-spirited playfulness impishness, puckishness, whimsicality, mischievousness - the trait of behaving like an imp sense of humor, sense of humour, humor, humour - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

fun

noun

1. amusement, sport, treat, pleasure, entertainment, cheer, good time, recreation, enjoyment, romp, distraction, diversion, frolic, junketing, merriment, whoopee (informal), high jinks, living it up, jollity, beer and skittles (informal), merrymaking, jollification You still have time to join in the fun.

2. joking, clowning, merriment, playfulness, play, game, sport, nonsense, teasing, jesting, skylarking (informal), horseplay, buffoonery, tomfoolery, jocularity, foolery There was lots of fun going on last night.

3. enjoyment, pleasure, joy, cheer, mirth, gaiety She had a great sense of fun.
enjoyment depression, distress, despair, grief, misery, gloom, sadness, sorrow, woe, melancholy, unhappiness, desolation

4. ridicule, contempt, taunting, scorn, sneering, mockery, derision I thought he was a figure of fun.

adjective

1. enjoyable, entertaining, pleasant, amusing, lively, diverting, witty, convivial It was a fun evening.

for or in fun for a joke, tongue in cheek, jokingly, playfully, for a laugh, mischievously, in jest, teasingly, with a straight face, facetiously, light-heartedly, roguishly, with a gleam or twinkle in your eye Don't say such things, even in fun.

fun and games horseplay, clowning, romping, pranks, fooling around, rough-and-tumble, junketing, revelry, skylarking (informal), high jinks, jollity, buffoonery, merrymaking Their fun and games hurt a lot of people.

make fun of something or someone mock, tease, ridicule, poke fun at, take off, rag, rib (informal), laugh at, taunt, mimic, parody, deride, send up (Brit. informal), scoff at, sneer at, lampoon, make a fool of, pour scorn on, take the mickey out of (Brit. informal), take the piss out of (taboo slang), satirize, pull someone's leg, hold up to ridicule, make a monkey of, make sport of, make the butt of, make game of Don't make fun of me!

Quotations
"That [sex] was the most fun I've ever had without laughing" [Woody Allen Annie Hall]

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fun

noun

1. Joyful, exuberant activity:

conviviality, festival, festiveness, festivity, gaiety, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, revel (often used in plural), revelry.

2. Activity engaged in for relaxation and amusement:

disport, diversion, play, recreation, sport.

3. Actions taken as a joke:

game, play, sport.

verb

Informal. To make jokes; behave playfully:

jest, joke.

Informal: clown (around), fool around.

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Translations

لَهْومُتْعَه، مُزاح، مَرَحمُسَلٍ

zábavazábavný

sjovmorskab

SpaßVergnügenlustig

διασκεδαστικόςκέφι

diversióndivertidoplacerdivertida

hauskahuvi

amusantplaisirrécréationamusanteamusement

zabavazabavan

skemmtun, gaman

divertimentodivertenteallegriabeffarsiper scherzo

楽しい楽しみ

재미재미있는

juokaijuokaisjuokaujantlinksmybėpajuokti

izpriecajautrība

leukplezier

moromorsomgøy

zabawazabawny

diversãodivertido

distracţiedistractiv

весельезабавный

heczabava

nöjerolig

ความสนุกน่าสนุก

eğlenceeğlendirici

sự vui vẻvui vẻ

乐趣娱乐娱乐的

fun

[ˈfʌn]

n → amusement m, divertissement m
to have fun → s'amuser
Have fun! → Amuse-toi bien!
to have fun doing sth → s'amuser à faire qch
We had great fun playing in the snow → Nous nous sommes bien amusés à jouer dans la neige.
to get a lot of fun out of sth → bien s'amuser en faisant qch
to be good fun (= amusing) [person] → être drôle, être marrant(e)
to be fun to be with
He was fun to be with → On s'amusait bien avec lui.
to be a lot of fun [activity] → être très amusant(e)
It was a lot of fun → C'était très amusant.
to do sth for fun → faire qch pour le plaisir
He entered the competition just for fun → Il a participé à la compétition juste pour le plaisir.
to do sth in fun → faire qch pour rire
it's fun! → c'est chouette!
it's not much fun → ce n'est pas très drôle, ce n'est pas très amusant
It's not much fun spending your weekends alone → Ce n'est pas très drôle de passer ses week-ends seul.

to make fun of sb/sth, to poke fun at sb/sth → se moquer de qn/qch
They made fun of him → Ils se sont moqués de lui. figure of fun

adj [person] → drôle, marrant(e); [activity] → amusant(e)
She's a fun person → Elle est marrante.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fun

n (= amusement) → Spaß m, (Aus also) → Spass m; to have great fun doing something → viel Spaß daran haben, etw zu tun, viel Spaß an etw (dat) → haben; in fun (= as a joke) → im or als Scherz; this is fun! → das macht Spaß or Freude!; I’m not doing it for the fun of it → ich mache das nicht zu meinem Vergnügen; we just did it for fun → wir haben das nur aus or zum Spaß gemacht; to spoil the fun → den Spaß verderben; that takes all the fun out of it → das nimmt einem den Spaß or die Freude daran; it’s fun doing this/being with him → es macht Spaß, das zu tun/mit ihm zusammen zu sein; it’s not much fun for the others though → es ist allerdings für die anderen nicht gerade ein Vergnügen; life’s not much fun sometimes → das Leben ist manchmal nicht gerade das reinste Vergnügen; it’s no fun living on your own/being broke → es macht nicht gerade Spaß, allein zu leben/pleite (inf) → zu sein; you’re no fun to be with any more → es macht keinen Spaß mehr, mit dir zusammen zu sein; he is great fun → man kriegt mit ihm viel Spaß or viel zu lachen (inf); the children thought he was great fun → die Kinder fanden ihn sehr lustig; the party was good fun → die Party hat viel Spaß gemacht; what fun! → was für ein Spaß!; that sounds like fun → das klingt gut; I wasn’t serious, I was just having a bit of fun → das hab ich nicht ernst gemeint, ich hab doch nur Spaß gemacht; the children had fun and games at the picnic → die Kinder haben beim Picknick viel Spaß gehabt; that should be fun and games (iro) → das kann ja (noch) heiter werden (inf); to make fun of or poke fun at somebody/something → sich über jdn/etw lustig machen; we had fun getting the car started (inf) → wir hatten ein bisschen Theater, ehe das Auto ansprang (inf); like fun (US inf) → (ja,) Pustekuchen! (inf)

adj attr (inf) squash is a fun game → Squash macht Spaß; he’s a real fun person → er ist wirklich ein lustiger Kerl; that sounds like a fun idea → das hört sich prima an (inf)

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fun

[fʌn] n (enjoyment) → divertimento, spasso
for or in fun → per scherzo, per ridere
it's great fun → è molto divertente
it's not much fun → non è molto divertente
don't spoil our fun → non fare il guastafeste
there'll be fun and games with that (fig) (iro) → ci sarà da divertirsi
to do sth for the fun of it → fare qc tanto per ridere
to have fun → divertirsi
to make fun of or poke fun at sb → canzonare or prendere in giro qn

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fun

(fan) noun

enjoyment; a good time. They had a lot of fun at the party; Isn't this fun! pret مُتْعَه، مُزاح، مَرَح забавление divertimento zábava der Spaß sjov διασκέδαση, κέφιdiversión lõbu(stus), ajaviide خوشی hauskuus plaisirכיף, הנאה मजाक zabava, užitak tréfa, móka kesenangan skemmtun, gaman divertimento 楽しみ 재미 smagumas, linksmybė izprieca; jautrība bergembira pleziermoro, gøy, fornøyelsezabawa ساتيرى، خوښی divertimento plă­cere, distracţie веселье zábava hec, zabava zabava skoj ความสนุกสนาน eğlence 樂趣 жарт; забава تفریح sự vui đùa; trò vui 乐趣

ˈfunny adjective

1. amusing; making one laugh. a funny story. snaaks مُضْحِك، هَزْلي смешен divertido legrační, zábavný komisch morsom αστείος, διασκεδαστικόςdivertido, gracioso naljakas خنده دار؛ سرگرم کننده hauska amusantמצחיק हास्यकार smiješan vicces lucu fyndinn, skemmtilegur divertente おもしろい 웃기는 juokingas jocīgs kelakar grappigmorsom, gøyalzabawny خندونكى، مسخره، مضحك divertido amuzant смешной zábavný zabaven zabavan rolig, skojig สนุกสนาน komik, gülünç 好笑的 забавний, смішний دلچسپ buồn cười, ngồ ngộ, khôi hài 好笑的

2. strange; peculiar. I heard a funny noise. vreemd غَريب странен esquisito divný merkwürdig underlig παράξενος, περίεργοςextraño, raro, curioso imelik عجیب و غریب kummallinen drôleמוזר विचित्र čudan, neobičan furcsa aneh skrÿtinn strano 奇妙な 이상한, 기묘한 keistas dīvains; savāds pelik raarunderlig, rar, merkeligdziwny مضحک esquisito ciu­dat странный osobitný, zvláštny nenavaden čudan konstig แปลก tuhaf, garip 奇怪的 чудний, дивний عجیب là lạ, khang khác 奇怪的

ˈfunnily adverb

vreemd بصورة مُضْحِكَه смешно estranhamente legračně, zábavně komisch morsomt; skægt; underligt αστεία divertidamente, con gracia; curiosamente, extrañamente imelikult بطور مضحک یا عجیب و غریب hassusti bizarrement בצורה מצחיקה अजीब cudno, smiješno mulatságosan secara aneh skemmtilega in modo buffo; in modo divertente おかしく 재미있게 juokingai, keistai jocīgi; dīvaini dengan kelakar grappig; vreemd genoeg morsomt, underlig zabawnie د مضحک په توګه estranhamente (în mod) ciudat смешно; странно zábavne, žartovne nenavadno čudno skojigt, konstigt อย่างสนุกสนาน işin tuhafı, işe bak ki, ne tuhaftır ki 好笑地，奇怪地 смішно; чудно عجرب ڈھنگ سے lạ lùng, kỳ quặc 好笑地，奇怪地

fun and games

activities that are good fun. But I have to warn you, this job is not all fun and games! pret فعاليات تسْلِيَه детска игра diversão legrace Spaß und Spiel skæg og ballade διασκέδαση fiesta, diversión, alegría lust ja lillepidu کار تفریحی و سبک hauskanpito ce tavail n'est pas un jeu! מִשׂחָקִים וְשַׁעֲשוּעִים हंसी माजक में खेलना zabava móka-kacagás permainan spasso うかれ騒ぎ 기분전환 žaidimas, juokai izprieca permainan pret, lolmoro, en dans på roser dobra zabawa مسخری کار забава vzrušujúca zábava zabava, hec zabava tjo och tjim, skoj กิจกรรมเพื่อความบันเทิง eğlenceli oyun 歡樂，開玩笑 играшки پر لطف سرگرمیاں sự nô đùa vô tư lự 欢乐，开玩笑

for fun

as a joke; for amusement. The children threw stones for fun. vir die pret على سبيل المُزاح за забавление por diversão pro zábavu, z legrace aus Spaß for sjov για αστείο, για πλάκα en broma; para divertirse, para hacer la gracia ajaviiteks از روی شوخی huvin vuoksi pour s'amuser בִּצחוֹק मजे के लिए za šalu a hecc kedvéért untuk iseng til gamans, að gamni per divertimento, per gioco たわむれに 장난 삼아 juokais, pramogai joka/prieka pēc untuk suka-suka voor de grapsom en spøk, for moro skyld dla żartu/zabawy د شوخی por brincadeira în joacă/glumă шутки ради pre zábavu za hec iz zabave på skoj, för skojs skull เป็นการหยอกล้อ eğlence olsun diye, vakit geçirmek için 逗樂 заради сміху تفریح کے طور پر chỉ là cho vui thôi 逗乐

in fun

as a joke; not seriously. I said it in fun. vir die grap على سَبيل المُزاح на майтап de brincadeira v legraci, žertem zum Spaß for sjov; i skæg στα αστεία en broma naljaks به شوخی leikillään pour rire בִּצחוֹק मजाक में u šali viccből untuk lelucon til gamans, í gamni per scherzo ふざけて 농담으로 juokaujant, juokais jokojot; joka pēc gurauan voor de aardigheid for å være morsomt, for å erte noen w żartach له شوخی por brincadeira în glumă в шутку zo žartu v šali u šali på skämt เป็นเรื่องตลก şakadan, şaka olsun diye 開玩笑 жартома مزاق میں chỉ là cho vui thôi 开玩笑

make fun of

to laugh at (someone, usually unkindly). They made fun of her. spot يَهْزَأ بِ، يَسْخَر من присмивам се fazer troça de dobírat si, dělat si legraci z sich lustig machen über gøre grin med κοροϊδεύωreírse de, mofarse de, burlarse de (kellegi kulul) nalja tegema مسخره کردن panna jotakuta halvalla se moquer de לִצחוֹק עַל- मजाक बनाना zbijati s nekim šalu kigúnyol vkit memperolokkan gera grín að prendersi gioco di, prendere in giro ～をからかう 웃기다 šaipytis iš, pajuokti izjokot kādu mentertawakan op de hak nemen gjøre narr av, ha moro med wysmiewać مسخره کول fazer troça de a-şi bate joc de насмехаться над doberať si, robiť si posmech (z) norčevati se iz ismevati göra narr av, driva med ล้อเลียน alay etmek, alaya almak 取笑 сміятися з مزاق اڑانا giễu cợt 取笑

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fun

→ لَهْو, مُسَلٍ zábava, zábavný morskab, sjov lustig, Spaß διασκεδαστικός, κέφι diversión, divertido hauska, huvi amusant, amusement zabava, zabavan divertente, divertimento 楽しい, 楽しみ 재미, 재미있는 leuk, plezier moro, morsom zabawa, zabawny diversão, divertido веселье, забавный nöje, rolig ความสนุก, น่าสนุก eğlence, eğlendirici sự vui vẻ, vui vẻ 娱乐, 娱乐的

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

fun

n. diversión, entretenimiento;

v.

to have ___ → divertirse, entretenerse.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

fun

n diversión f; to have — divertirse

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