joke

CEFRA2

/ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯k/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.

Examples

  • You should not play a joke on me.

  • You went too far in your joke.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯k/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.

  2. An amusing story.

  3. Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.

More examples

In context

  • Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.

  • Your joke bears repeating.

  • The president was a joke.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.