fool

Etymology
From, from (cf. modern 🇨🇬) from. .

Pronunciation

 * Southern American English:
 * Southern American English:
 * Southern American English:

Noun

 * 1)  A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
 * 2)  A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
 * 3) * 1896, Frederick Peterson IN Popular Science Monthly Volume 50 December 1896, Idiots Savants
 * This court fool could say bright things on occasion, but his main use to the ladies and lords of the palace was to serve as victim to practical jokes, cruel, coarse, and vulgar enough to be appreciated perhaps in the Bowery.
 * 1)  A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
 * 2) Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
 * 3)  Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
 * 4) * 1975, Foghat, "Fool for the City" (song), Fool for the City (album):
 * I'm a fool for the city.
 * 1)  A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
 * an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool
 * 1)  A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
 * This court fool could say bright things on occasion, but his main use to the ladies and lords of the palace was to serve as victim to practical jokes, cruel, coarse, and vulgar enough to be appreciated perhaps in the Bowery.
 * 1)  A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
 * 2) Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
 * 3)  Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
 * 4) * 1975, Foghat, "Fool for the City" (song), Fool for the City (album):
 * I'm a fool for the city.
 * 1)  A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
 * an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool
 * 1)  A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
 * 1)  A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
 * an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool
 * 1)  A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
 * 1)  A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
 * an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool
 * 1)  A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
 * an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool
 * 1)  A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
 * 1)  A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
 * 1)  A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:fool

Translations

 * Afrikaans: flous
 * Aghwan: 𐔵𐔰𐕌𐔰𐕙𐔰
 * Albanian:, ,
 * Arabic: مُغَفَّل, أَحْمَق, سَفِيه
 * North Levantine Arabic: جحش, حمار
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: tontu, ,
 * Avar: ахӏмакъ, гӏабдал
 * Azerbaijani: abdal,
 * Belarusian: ду́рань, кеп
 * Bengali:, উন্দা বুন্দা,
 * Bulgarian:, , глупа́чка, , тъпа́чка,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chichewa: chitsiru
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: 歁囝
 * Mandarin:, , , , , ,
 * Chuvash: ухмах
 * Czech:, , , , , , , ,
 * Danish: fjols, tåbe, grødhoved,
 * Dutch:, dwazin, domme gans, ,
 * Esperanto: malsaĝulo,
 * Estonian:, narr, ,
 * Faroese: dári, býttlingur
 * Finnish:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  ,  , , ,
 * French:, , ,  , , ,
 * Galician: choucho,, idiota, , pallouco, , doudo, lores, , mascato, bolonio
 * Georgian: სულელი, ბრიყვი, დებილი, იდიოტი
 * German: dumme Gans,, , , , , ,
 * Alemannic German: Lööl
 * Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄφρων, μωρός
 * Gujarati: મૂર્ખ, મૂરખ, ચોદુ
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: durakka, vohma, hapalka, oolo, tuhkuri, tuhkapää, tuhkapussi, foofana, bolvana
 * Irish: amadán, óinseach, leibide, baothán
 * Italian:, , , , , , , ,
 * Japanese:, 惚け, , , , ,
 * Javanese: sontoloyo
 * Kazakh: ақымақ
 * Khmer:, មនុស្សល្ងីល្ងើ, អាភ្លើ, អាឃ្លោក, អាងោះ
 * Korean:, 백치(白癡)
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ຄົນໂງ່
 * Latgalian: cuļss, nagudrais
 * Latin:, ,
 * Latvian:, , muļķe, neprātis, neprāte, stulbenis
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: абдал, будала
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: iqarqu
 * Maori: ngoungoua, hukehuke, hākawa, kāeaea
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: tosk, ,
 * Old Norse: api, fífl
 * Ottoman Turkish: طوی
 * Persian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch: Noa
 * Polish:, , , , , , , , , , , ,
 * Portuguese:, , , , ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , , , ,  , , , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian:
 * Logudorese: ballaloi, grìnci
 * Scottish Gaelic: amadan, òinseach
 * Serbo-Croatian:, тупан
 * Cyrillic: глупак, глупан, будала, луђак, бузда, абдал
 * Roman:, , , , buzda, abdal
 * Sicilian:
 * Sinhalese:, මැට්ටා
 * Slovak: blázon, ,
 * Slovene:, neumnež, , bizgec, budalo, bukselj
 * Somali: doqon
 * Spanish:, , , , ,
 * Swahili:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: ,
 * Tamil:
 * Thai: คนโง่, ,
 * Tocharian A: āknats
 * Tocharian B: aknātsa
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Turkmen: paňkelle, samsyk
 * Ukrainian:, , , кеп, ду́рник,
 * Urdu: مورکھ
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: thằng ngu, kẻ ngốc
 * Yiddish: נאַר, שוטה, טיפּש, גולם
 * Zazaki:


 * Albanian:, ,
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, klaun
 * Danish: nar
 * Esperanto: bufono
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: alvardán,, bufón
 * German:, , Eulenspiegel, Ulenspiegel
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: udvari bolond
 * Italian:, , , buffone di corte
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: scurra
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: шут
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Norse: leikari
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: bobo da corte,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman: dvorska luda, šutnik,, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Yiddish: לץ


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: personnage comique
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Finnish:
 * German: -narr
 * Hungarian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: hedelmärahka, marjarahka
 * German:
 * Hungarian: gyümölcskrém, gyümölcsfelfújt
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 愚人
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: der Narr
 * Greek: κάρτα ταρό
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,

Verb

 * 1) To trick; to deceive.
 * 2) To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly.
 * 3) * 1681/1682,, The Spanish Fryar
 * Is this a time for fooling?
 * 1)  To make a fool of; to make act the fool.
 * 2) * c. 1599 to 1601,, Hamlet, III.ii.384:
 * They fool me to the top of my bent.
 * 1)  To make a fool of; to make act the fool.
 * 2) * c. 1599 to 1601,, Hamlet, III.ii.384:
 * They fool me to the top of my bent.
 * They fool me to the top of my bent.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:deceive

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: obelhávat, klamat
 * Dutch:, in de maling nemen
 * Finnish:, ; puliveivata , ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: cucar,
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , , a bolondját járatja, ,
 * Italian:, farsi beffe di s.o., fare lo sciocco, , dare a bere
 * Japanese: ばかにする
 * Maori: whakatūaho
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: насамарити,
 * Slovak: okabátiť
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Tamil:
 * Turkish:
 * Yiddish: אָפּנאַרן
 * Zazaki: xapeynen


 * Galician:
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Maori: whakaheahea
 * Russian:

Adjective

 * 1)  Foolish.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) mad man