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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
Idiom: Enjoyable; amusing: "You're a real fun guy" (Margaret Truman).
for/in fun
As a joke; playfully.
[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
– funny1. '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
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| Noun | 1. |  fun - activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around"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" 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 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" frivolity, frivolousness - the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible facetiousness - playful humor 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" |
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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
enjoyment depression, distress, despair, grief, misery, gloom, sadness, sorrow, woe, melancholy, unhappiness, desolation
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]
"That [sex] was the most fun I've ever had without laughing" [Woody Allen Annie Hall]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
fun
noun1. 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:
Informal. To make jokes; behave playfully:
Informal: clown (around), fool around.
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Translations
zábavazábavný
sjovmorskab
hauskahuvi
zabavazabavan
skemmtun, gaman
楽しい楽しみ
재미재미있는
juokaijuokaisjuokaujantlinksmybėpajuokti
izpriecajautrība
distracţiedistractiv
heczabava
nöjerolig
ความสนุกน่าสนุก
sự vui vẻvui vẻ
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 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
They made fun of him → Ils se sont moqués de lui. figure of fun
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)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
fun
[fʌn] n (enjoyment) → divertimento, spassofor 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!
ˈfunny adjective1. amusing; making one laugh. a funny story.
2. strange; peculiar. I heard a funny noise.
ˈfunnily adverbfun and games
activities that are good fun. But I have to warn you, this job is not all fun and games!
for fun as a joke; for amusement. The children threw stones for fun.
in fun as a joke; not seriously. I said it in fun.
make fun of to laugh at (someone, usually unkindly). They made fun of her.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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 — divertirseEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.