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Noun [Chibcha]

IPA: /βun/
Head templates: {{head|chb|noun}} fun
  1. Alternative form of bun Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bun
    Sense id: en-fun-chb-noun-TkDbvXZU Categories (other): Chibcha entries with incorrect language header, Chibcha terms in nonstandard scripts

Adjective [English]

IPA: /fʌn/ [UK, US], /fʊn/ [Ireland, Northern-England] Audio: en-us-fun.ogg [US] Forms: more fun [comparative], funner [comparative], most fun [superlative], funnest [superlative]
enPR: fŭn Rhymes: -ʌn Etymology: From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”). Compare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond. As a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century. Alternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of fāmne, fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fonne}} Middle English fonne, {{m|enm|fon||foolish, simple, silly}} fon (“foolish, simple, silly”), {{m|enm|fonnen||make a fool of}} fonnen (“make a fool of”), {{der|en|enm|fonne|t=a fool, dupe}} Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|sv|fånig||foolish}} Swedish fånig (“foolish”), {{cog|sv|fåne||a fool}} Swedish fåne (“a fool”), {{der|en|non|fáni|t=vain person, swaggerer}} Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), {{unk|en|title=unknown}} unknown, {{m|sv|fjäll|t=rock, cliff, mountain}} fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”), {{cog|en|fumble}} English fumble, {{cog|nn|fomme|t=clumsy fool}} Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”), {{cog|no|fomme}} Norwegian fomme, {{m|no|fume||a fool}} fume (“a fool”), {{m|en|fon}} fon, {{m|en|fond}} fond, {{m|en|make fun of}} make fun of, {{m|en|funny}} funny, {{cog|enm|fonne}} Middle English fonne, {{der|en|ofs|fonna}} Old Frisian fonna, {{m|ofs|fone}} fone, {{m|ofs|fomne}} fomne, {{m|ofs|fāmne}} fāmne, {{m|ofs|fēmne||young woman, virgin}} fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*faimnijā}} Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, {{der|en|gem-pro|*faimnijǭ||maiden}} Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*peymen-||girl}} Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), {{m|ine-pro|*poymen-||breast milk}} *poymen- (“breast milk”), {{cog|ang|fǣmne||maid, virgin, damsel, bride}} Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), {{cog|fy|famke||girl}} West Frisian famke (“girl”), {{cog|stq|fone}} Saterland Frisian fone, {{m|stq|fon||woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton}} fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”) Head templates: {{en-adj|more|funner}} fun (comparative more fun or funner, superlative most fun or funnest)
  1. (informal) Enjoyable or amusing. Tags: informal Translations (enjoyable, amusing): مَرِح (mariḥ) (Arabic), مُسَلٍّ (musallin) (Arabic), ممتع (múmteʕ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), مُسَلِّي (musálli) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), بِسلّي (bisálli) [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), ممتع (múmteʕ) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), مُسَلِّي (musálli) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), بِسلّي (bisálli) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), ուրախ (urax) (Armenian), զվարթ (zvartʻ) (Armenian), মজার (mojar) (Bengali), смешен (smešen) (Bulgarian), забавен (zabaven) (Bulgarian), divertit (Catalan), 好玩 (alt: hou² waan⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 好玩 (hǎowán) (Chinese Mandarin), sjov (Danish), plezierig (Dutch), leuk (Dutch), lollig (Dutch), plezant [Flanders] (Dutch), amuza (Esperanto), lõbus (Estonian), hauska (Finnish), kiva (Finnish), amusant (French), გართობა (gartoba) (Georgian), lustig (German), spaßig (German), Spaß machen (english: to be fun) (German), מהנה (mehāne) (Hebrew), כייפי (kefi) [colloquial] (Hebrew), szórakoztató [literary] (Hungarian), mókás (Hungarian), élvezetes (Hungarian), poénos [colloquial] (Hungarian), vicces (Hungarian), jópofa (Hungarian), amusante (Interlingua), divertente [feminine, masculine] (Italian), intrigante [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 楽しい (tanoshii) (alt: たのしい) (Japanese), 즐거운 (jeulgeoun) (Korean), 재미있다 (jaemiitda) (Korean), ມ່ວນ (mūan) (Lao), dēlectābilis (Latin), jautri (Latvian), linksma (Lithuanian), flott (Luxembourgish), забавен (zabaven) [masculine] (Macedonian), разоноден (razonoden) [masculine] (Macedonian), menyeronokkan (Malay), bawny [archaic] (Polish), zabawny (Polish), divertido (Portuguese), distractiv (Romanian), vesel [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), plăcut [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), заба́вный (zabávnyj) (Russian), смешно́й (smešnój) (Russian), весёлый (vesjólyj) (Russian), divertido (Spanish), rolig (Swedish), kul (Swedish), skojig (Swedish), masaya (Tagalog), สนุก (sà-nùk) (Thai), มันส์ (man) [slang] (Thai), eğlenceli (Turkish), neşeli (Turkish), cogik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-fun-en-adj-CQUxYmxU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 2 33 31 Disambiguation of 'enjoyable, amusing': 88 12
  2. (informal) Whimsical or flamboyant. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-fun-en-adj-RwmAyBtL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 2 33 31
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Noun [English]

IPA: /fʌn/ [UK, US], /fʊn/ [Ireland, Northern-England] Audio: en-us-fun.ogg [US]
enPR: fŭn Rhymes: -ʌn Etymology: From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”). Compare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond. As a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century. Alternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of fāmne, fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fonne}} Middle English fonne, {{m|enm|fon||foolish, simple, silly}} fon (“foolish, simple, silly”), {{m|enm|fonnen||make a fool of}} fonnen (“make a fool of”), {{der|en|enm|fonne|t=a fool, dupe}} Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|sv|fånig||foolish}} Swedish fånig (“foolish”), {{cog|sv|fåne||a fool}} Swedish fåne (“a fool”), {{der|en|non|fáni|t=vain person, swaggerer}} Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), {{unk|en|title=unknown}} unknown, {{m|sv|fjäll|t=rock, cliff, mountain}} fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”), {{cog|en|fumble}} English fumble, {{cog|nn|fomme|t=clumsy fool}} Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”), {{cog|no|fomme}} Norwegian fomme, {{m|no|fume||a fool}} fume (“a fool”), {{m|en|fon}} fon, {{m|en|fond}} fond, {{m|en|make fun of}} make fun of, {{m|en|funny}} funny, {{cog|enm|fonne}} Middle English fonne, {{der|en|ofs|fonna}} Old Frisian fonna, {{m|ofs|fone}} fone, {{m|ofs|fomne}} fomne, {{m|ofs|fāmne}} fāmne, {{m|ofs|fēmne||young woman, virgin}} fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*faimnijā}} Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, {{der|en|gem-pro|*faimnijǭ||maiden}} Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*peymen-||girl}} Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), {{m|ine-pro|*poymen-||breast milk}} *poymen- (“breast milk”), {{cog|ang|fǣmne||maid, virgin, damsel, bride}} Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), {{cog|fy|famke||girl}} West Frisian famke (“girl”), {{cog|stq|fone}} Saterland Frisian fone, {{m|stq|fon||woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton}} fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fun (uncountable)
  1. Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: amusement, diversion, enjoyment, a laugh, pleasure Translations (enjoyment or amusement): مَرَح (maraḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), تَرْفِيه (tarfīh) [masculine] (Arabic), تَسْلِيَة (tasliya) [feminine] (Arabic), تَرْفِيه (tarfīh) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), تَرْفِيه (tarfīh) [South-Levantine-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), تسلية (tisláye) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), հաճույք (hačuykʻ) (Armenian), ուրախություն (uraxutʻyun) (Armenian), ধেমালি (dhemali) (Assamese), উলাহ-বিলাহ (ulah-bilah) (Assamese), আমোদ (amüd) (Assamese), মজা (moja) (Bengali), ফুর্তি (phurti) (Bengali), забава (zabava) (Bulgarian), веселие (veselie) (Bulgarian), diversió [feminine] (Catalan), بۆ ھەوەس (bo hewes) (Central Kurdish), رابواردن (rabwardin) (Central Kurdish), (wán) (Chinese Mandarin), 熱鬧 (Chinese Mandarin), 热闹 (rènao) (Chinese Mandarin), 樂趣 (Chinese Mandarin), 乐趣 (lèqù) (Chinese Mandarin), zábava [feminine] (Czech), legrace [feminine] (Czech), lol [masculine] (Dutch), plezier [neuter] (Dutch), pret [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ŝercado (Esperanto), lõbus (Estonian), hauskuus (Finnish), amusement [masculine] (French), გართობა (gartoba) (Georgian), Spaß [masculine] (German), Vergnügen [neuter] (German), Amüsement [neuter] (German), κέφι (kéfi) [neuter] (Greek), הֲנָאָה (hanaá) [masculine] (Hebrew), כֵּיף (kēf) [masculine] (Hebrew), मज़ा (mazā) [masculine] (Hindi), móka (Hungarian), tréfa [literary] (Hungarian), szórakozás (Hungarian), mulatság (Hungarian), muri [colloquial] (Hungarian), poén (note: as in “for kicks”) (Hungarian), gaman [neuter] (Icelandic), spraoi [masculine] (Irish), craic [feminine] (Irish), spórt [masculine] (Irish), áibhéar [masculine] (Irish), aiteas [masculine] (Irish), divertimento [masculine] (Italian), 遊び (asobi) (Japanese), 楽しみ (tanoshimi) (Japanese), 面白さ (omoshirosa) (Japanese), 재미 (jaemi) (Korean), hez [feminine] (Ladin), delicia [feminine] (Latin), jautri (Latvian), linksma (Lithuanian), Amüsement [masculine] (Luxembourgish), Spaass [masculine] (Luxembourgish), забава (zabava) [feminine] (Macedonian), разонода (razonoda) [feminine] (Macedonian), seronok (Malay), gost [masculine] (Maltese), zhǫʼ (Navajo), moro (Norwegian), جنبش (cümbüş) (Ottoman Turkish), كیف (keyf) (Ottoman Turkish), سرگرمی (sargarmi) (Persian), Spos [neuter] (Plautdietsch), ubaw [masculine] (Polish), radość [feminine] (Polish), divertimento [masculine] (Portuguese), diversão [feminine] (Portuguese), distracție [feminine] (Romanian), amuzament [neuter] (Romanian), divertisment [neuter] (Romanian), plăcere [feminine] (Romanian), поте́ха (potéxa) [feminine] (Russian), весе́лье (vesélʹje) [neuter] (Russian), заба́ва (zabáva) [feminine] (Russian), развлече́ние (razvlečénije) [neuter] (Russian), spòrs [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), fealla-dhà [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), zȃbava [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), próvod [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), diversión [feminine] (Spanish), gracia [feminine] (Spanish), skoj (Swedish), saya (Tagalog), ความสนุก (kwaam-sà-nùk) (Thai), eğlence (Turkish), поті́ха (potíxa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), заба́ва (zabáva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), розва́га (rozváha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), مزہ (mazā) [masculine] (Urdu), cog (Volapük), leute [feminine] (West Flemish), שפּאַס (shpas) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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  2. Playful, often noisy, activity. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: boisterousness, horseplay, rough and tumble Translations (playful, often noisy, activity): զվարճանք (zvarčankʻ) (Armenian), веселие (veselie) (Bulgarian), ھەوەس (hewes) (Central Kurdish), (wán) (Chinese Mandarin), 熱鬧 (Chinese Mandarin), 热闹 (rènao) (Chinese Mandarin), plezier [neuter] (Dutch), pret (Dutch), lol (Dutch), hauskanpito (Finnish), κέφι (kéfi) [neuter] (Greek), mulatozás (Hungarian), mulatság (Hungarian), allegria [feminine] (Italian), svago [masculine] (Italian), lūdus [masculine] (Latin), moro (Norwegian), Spos [neuter] (Plautdietsch), zabawa [feminine] (Polish), divertimento [masculine] (Portuguese), spòrs [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), dibhearsan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /fʌn/ [UK, US], /fʊn/ [Ireland, Northern-England] Audio: en-us-fun.ogg [US] Forms: funs [present, singular, third-person], funning [participle, present], funned [participle, past], funned [past]
enPR: fŭn Rhymes: -ʌn Etymology: From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”). Compare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond. As a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century. Alternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of fāmne, fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fonne}} Middle English fonne, {{m|enm|fon||foolish, simple, silly}} fon (“foolish, simple, silly”), {{m|enm|fonnen||make a fool of}} fonnen (“make a fool of”), {{der|en|enm|fonne|t=a fool, dupe}} Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|sv|fånig||foolish}} Swedish fånig (“foolish”), {{cog|sv|fåne||a fool}} Swedish fåne (“a fool”), {{der|en|non|fáni|t=vain person, swaggerer}} Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), {{unk|en|title=unknown}} unknown, {{m|sv|fjäll|t=rock, cliff, mountain}} fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”), {{cog|en|fumble}} English fumble, {{cog|nn|fomme|t=clumsy fool}} Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”), {{cog|no|fomme}} Norwegian fomme, {{m|no|fume||a fool}} fume (“a fool”), {{m|en|fon}} fon, {{m|en|fond}} fond, {{m|en|make fun of}} make fun of, {{m|en|funny}} funny, {{cog|enm|fonne}} Middle English fonne, {{der|en|ofs|fonna}} Old Frisian fonna, {{m|ofs|fone}} fone, {{m|ofs|fomne}} fomne, {{m|ofs|fāmne}} fāmne, {{m|ofs|fēmne||young woman, virgin}} fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*faimnijā}} Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, {{der|en|gem-pro|*faimnijǭ||maiden}} Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*peymen-||girl}} Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), {{m|ine-pro|*poymen-||breast milk}} *poymen- (“breast milk”), {{cog|ang|fǣmne||maid, virgin, damsel, bride}} Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), {{cog|fy|famke||girl}} West Frisian famke (“girl”), {{cog|stq|fone}} Saterland Frisian fone, {{m|stq|fon||woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton}} fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fun (third-person singular simple present funs, present participle funning, simple past and past participle funned)
  1. (colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of. Tags: colloquial Related terms: cheong fun, chow fun, hor fun, mei fun Translations (to tease, kid, poke fun): закачам се (zakačam se) (Bulgarian), plagen (Dutch), laskea leikkiä (Finnish), narrata (Finnish), kiusoitella (Finnish), amuser (French), tulle (Norwegian Bokmål), skoja (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fun-en-verb-tzCkJMTf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 2 33 31

Adjective [French]

IPA: /fœn/
Rhymes: -œn Etymology: Borrowed from English fun. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|en|fun|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English fun, {{bor+|fr|en|fun}} Borrowed from English fun Head templates: {{fr-adj|inv=y}} fun (invariable)
  1. (colloquial) fun Tags: colloquial, invariable
    Sense id: en-fun-fr-adj-AMQoUnT8 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Galician]

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} fun
  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ir Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, preterite, singular Form of: ir
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Etymology number: 1

Verb [Galician]

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} fun
  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ser Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, preterite, singular Form of: ser
    Sense id: en-fun-gl-verb-~1GyEn8P Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
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Etymology number: 2

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} fun
  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふん Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: ふん
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  2. Rōmaji transcription of フン Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: フン
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Noun [Tboli]

Head templates: {{head|tbl|noun}} fun
  1. owner
    Sense id: en-fun-tbl-noun-TBApaX7j Categories (other): Tboli entries with incorrect language header, Tboli terms in nonstandard scripts

Preposition [Yoruba]

Forms: fún [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|preposition|head=fún|head2=}} fún, {{yo-pos|preposition|fún}} fún
  1. for, on behalf of
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Verb [Yoruba]

Forms: fún [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=fún|head2=}} fún, {{yo-pos|verb|fún}} fún, {{yo-verb|fún}} fún
  1. give
    Sense id: en-fun-yo-verb-CJWlMuQE
  2. choke, squeeze, strangle, throttle
    Sense id: en-fun-yo-verb-KLWjaNyc Categories (other): Yoruba prepositions Disambiguation of Yoruba prepositions: 30 9 14 13 34
  3. scatter, strew
    Sense id: en-fun-yo-verb-7fwEicG6 Categories (other): Yoruba prepositions Disambiguation of Yoruba prepositions: 30 9 14 13 34
  4. sew
    Sense id: en-fun-yo-verb-KY5Wwc-9 Categories (other): Yoruba prepositions Disambiguation of Yoruba prepositions: 30 9 14 13 34

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "antifun"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funalicious"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funless → funlessly"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funlessness"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funny"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funsies"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funsome"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funster"
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      "word": "funemployed"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funemployment"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fungasm"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funishment"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funspirational"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funtastic"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funtivity"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun and games"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funbags"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun bags"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funboard"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funbox"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funfair"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funfest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funfilled"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funhouse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun house"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun-lover"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun-loving"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funmaker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun-maker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun on a bun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun in a bun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun pack"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun park"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun police"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun run"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun runner"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun running"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun size"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun-size"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun-sized"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun sponge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "barrel of fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "every good boy deserves fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "figure of fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "for fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "for the fun of it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "just for fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun fund"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fun up"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "good fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "great fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "have fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "have fun with"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "time flies when you're having fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "in fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "like fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "make fun of"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "no fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "poke fun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "unfun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "no fun at parties"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fonne"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fonne",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fon",
        "3": "",
        "4": "foolish, simple, silly"
      },
      "expansion": "fon (“foolish, simple, silly”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fonnen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "make a fool of"
      },
      "expansion": "fonnen (“make a fool of”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fonne",
        "t": "a fool, dupe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "North Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "fånig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "foolish"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish fånig (“foolish”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "fåne",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a fool"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish fåne (“a fool”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "fáni",
        "t": "vain person, swaggerer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "title": "unknown"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "fjäll",
        "t": "rock, cliff, mountain"
      },
      "expansion": "fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fumble"
      },
      "expansion": "English fumble",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "fomme",
        "t": "clumsy fool"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "fomme"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian fomme",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "fume",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a fool"
      },
      "expansion": "fume (“a fool”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fon"
      },
      "expansion": "fon",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fond"
      },
      "expansion": "fond",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "make fun of"
      },
      "expansion": "make fun of",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "funny"
      },
      "expansion": "funny",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fonne"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fonne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ofs",
        "3": "fonna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian fonna",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fone"
      },
      "expansion": "fone",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fomne"
      },
      "expansion": "fomne",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fāmne"
      },
      "expansion": "fāmne",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fēmne",
        "3": "",
        "4": "young woman, virgin"
      },
      "expansion": "fēmne (“young woman, virgin”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*faimnijā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*faimnijǭ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "maiden"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*peymen-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "girl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*poymen-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "breast milk"
      },
      "expansion": "*poymen- (“breast milk”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "fǣmne",
        "3": "",
        "4": "maid, virgin, damsel, bride"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "famke",
        "3": "",
        "4": "girl"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian famke (“girl”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "fone"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian fone",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "fon",
        "3": "",
        "4": "woman, maid, servant,\" also \"weakling, simpleton"
      },
      "expansion": "fon (“woman, maid, servant,\" also \"weakling, simpleton”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”).\nCompare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond.\nAs a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century.\nAlternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of fāmne, fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant,\" also \"weakling, simpleton”).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "fun (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Robert Stanley, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6, Alpha Books, page 377",
          "text": "Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure."
      ],
      "id": "en-fun-en-noun-~kARJzpO",
      "links": [
        [
          "Amusement",
          "amusement"
        ],
        [
          "enjoyment",
          "enjoyment"
        ],
        [
          "pleasure",
          "pleasure"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "amusement"
        },
        {
          "word": "diversion"
        },
        {
          "word": "enjoyment"
        },
        {
          "word": "a laugh"
        },
        {
          "word": "pleasure"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "maraḥ",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مَرَح"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tarfīh",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَرْفِيه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tasliya",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "تَسْلِيَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tarfīh",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَرْفِيه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ajp",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tarfīh",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "South-Levantine-Arabic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَرْفِيه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ajp",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tisláye",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "South-Levantine-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "تسلية"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hačuykʻ",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "հաճույք"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "uraxutʻyun",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "ուրախություն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "dhemali",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "ধেমালি"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "ulah-bilah",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "উলাহ-বিলাহ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "amüd",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "আমোদ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "moja",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "মজা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "phurti",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "ফুর্তি"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zabava",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "забава"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "veselie",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "веселие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "diversió"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wán",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "玩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "熱鬧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "rènao",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "热闹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "樂趣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lèqù",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "乐趣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zábava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "legrace"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "plezier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pret"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "ŝercado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "lõbus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "hauskuus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "amusement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gartoba",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "word": "გართობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Spaß"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Vergnügen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      ],
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "funpost"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "superfun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "you must be fun at parties"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fonne",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "North Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
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        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "title": "unknown"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "fjäll",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fumble"
      },
      "expansion": "English fumble",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "fomme"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian fomme",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "no",
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        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "fume (“a fool”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fon"
      },
      "expansion": "fon",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fond"
      },
      "expansion": "fond",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "make fun of"
      },
      "expansion": "make fun of",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "funny"
      },
      "expansion": "funny",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fonne"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fonne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ofs",
        "3": "fonna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian fonna",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fone"
      },
      "expansion": "fone",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fomne"
      },
      "expansion": "fomne",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fāmne"
      },
      "expansion": "fāmne",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
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        "3": "",
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      "expansion": "fēmne (“young woman, virgin”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*faimnijā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*faimnijǭ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "maiden"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*peymen-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "girl"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*poymen-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "breast milk"
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      "expansion": "*poymen- (“breast milk”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "fǣmne",
        "3": "",
        "4": "maid, virgin, damsel, bride"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "famke",
        "3": "",
        "4": "girl"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian famke (“girl”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "fone"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian fone",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "fon",
        "3": "",
        "4": "woman, maid, servant,\" also \"weakling, simpleton"
      },
      "expansion": "fon (“woman, maid, servant,\" also \"weakling, simpleton”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”).\nCompare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond.\nAs a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century.\nAlternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of fāmne, fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant,\" also \"weakling, simpleton”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more fun",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "funner",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most fun",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "funnest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "more",
        "2": "funner"
      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
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        {
          "text": "We had a fun time at the party."
        },
        {
          "text": "He is such a fun person to be with."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 January 11, Tom Bateman, quoted in Nigel Hunt, \"Jekyll and Hyde, TV revamp of Robert Louis Stevenson classic, debuts on CBC-TV\" CBC News, Canada",
          "text": "He's the liberated character that everyone wants to be, so he was very fun to play"
        }
      ],
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        "Enjoyable or amusing."
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        [
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          "enjoyable"
        ],
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          "amusing",
          "amusing"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Enjoyable or amusing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mariḥ",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "مَرِح"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "musallin",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "مُسَلٍّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ajp",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "múmteʕ",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "ممتع"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ajp",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "musálli",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "مُسَلِّي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "bisálli",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "North-Levantine-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "بِسلّي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ajp",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "múmteʕ",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "South-Levantine-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "ممتع"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ajp",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "musálli",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "South-Levantine-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "مُسَلِّي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ajp",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "bisálli",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "South-Levantine-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "بِسلّي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "urax",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "ուրախ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zvartʻ",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "զվարթ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "mojar",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "মজার"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "smešen",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "смешен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zabaven",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "забавен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "divertit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "alt": "hou² waan⁴⁻²",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "好玩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hǎowán",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "好玩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "sjov"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "plezierig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "leuk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "lollig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "Flanders"
          ],
          "word": "plezant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "amuza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "lõbus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "hauska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "kiva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "amusant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gartoba",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "გართობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "lustig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "spaßig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "to be fun",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "Spaß machen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mehāne",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "מהנה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kefi",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "כייפי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "szórakoztató"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "mókás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "élvezetes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
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          "word": "poénos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "vicces"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "jópofa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "amusante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "divertente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "intrigante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "alt": "たのしい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tanoshii",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "楽しい"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeulgeoun",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "즐거운"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jaemiitda",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "재미있다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "mūan",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "ມ່ວນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "dēlectābilis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "jautri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "linksma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "flott"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zabaven",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "забавен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "razonoden",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "разоноден"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "menyeronokkan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "bawny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "zabawny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "divertido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "word": "distractiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vesel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "plăcut"
        },
        {
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
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          "word": "hor fun"
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        {
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      "word": "fun running"
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      "word": "fun size"
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    {
      "ipa": "/fʌn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Northern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-fun.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/En-us-fun.ogg/En-us-fun.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/En-us-fun.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "fŭn"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maraḥ",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَرَح"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tarfīh",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَرْفِيه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tasliya",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تَسْلِيَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tarfīh",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَرْفِيه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tarfīh",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "South-Levantine-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَرْفِيه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tisláye",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "South-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "تسلية"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hačuykʻ",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "հաճույք"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "uraxutʻyun",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "ուրախություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "dhemali",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "ধেমালি"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "ulah-bilah",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "উলাহ-বিলাহ"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "amüd",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "আমোদ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "moja",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "মজা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "phurti",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "ফুর্তি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabava",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "забава"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veselie",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "веселие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diversió"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wán",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "玩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "熱鬧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rènao",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "热闹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "樂趣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lèqù",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "乐趣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zábava"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legrace"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plezier"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pret"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "ŝercado"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "lõbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "hauskuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amusement"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gartoba",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "გართობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spaß"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vergnügen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Amüsement"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kéfi",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κέφι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hanaá",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הֲנָאָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kēf",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כֵּיף"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mazā",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मज़ा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "móka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "tréfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "szórakozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "mulatság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "muri"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "as in “for kicks”",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "poén"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spraoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "craic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spórt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "áibhéar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aiteas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "divertimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "asobi",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "遊び"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tanoshimi",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "楽しみ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "omoshirosa",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "面白さ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jaemi",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "재미"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bo hewes",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "بۆ ھەوەس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "rabwardin",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "رابواردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hez"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delicia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "jautri"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "linksma"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Amüsement"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spaass"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zabava",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "забава"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "razonoda",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "разонода"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "seronok"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "zhǫʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "moro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "cümbüş",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "جنبش"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "keyf",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "كیف"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sargarmi",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "سرگرمی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Spos"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ubaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "divertimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diversão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distracție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "amuzament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "divertisment"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plăcere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potéxa",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поте́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vesélʹje",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "весе́лье"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabáva",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "заба́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvlečénije",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "развлече́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spòrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fealla-dhà"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zȃbava"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "próvod"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diversión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "skoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "saya"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-sà-nùk",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "ความสนุก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "eğlence"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "potíxa",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поті́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zabáva",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "заба́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozváha",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "розва́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "mazā",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مزہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "word": "cog"
    },
    {
      "code": "vls",
      "lang": "West Flemish",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leute"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shpas",
      "sense": "enjoyment or amusement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שפּאַס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zvarčankʻ",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "word": "զվարճանք"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veselie",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "word": "веселие"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wán",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "word": "玩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "word": "熱鬧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rènao",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "word": "热闹"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plezier"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "word": "pret"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "word": "lol"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "word": "hauskanpito"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kéfi",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κέφι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "word": "mulatozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "word": "mulatság"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "allegria"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svago"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "hewes",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "word": "ھەوەس"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lūdus"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "word": "moro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Spos"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zabawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "divertimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spòrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "playful, often noisy, activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dibhearsan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fun"
}

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    "English adjectives",
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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from North Germanic languages",
    "English terms derived from Old Frisian",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Cantonese translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌn",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌn/1 syllable"
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    {
      "word": "fun fact"
    },
    {
      "word": "fun fur"
    },
    {
      "word": "fun money"
    },
    {
      "word": "funner"
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      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ],
      "word": "funnest"
    },
    {
      "word": "funness"
    },
    {
      "word": "funnish"
    },
    {
      "word": "funpost"
    },
    {
      "word": "no fun at parties"
    },
    {
      "word": "superfun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "unfun"
    },
    {
      "word": "you must be fun at parties"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
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      "expansion": "North Germanic",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "fånig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "foolish"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "a fool"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "title": "unknown"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fumble"
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      "expansion": "English fumble",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "fomme",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "fomme"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian fomme",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "a fool"
      },
      "expansion": "fume (“a fool”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fon"
      },
      "expansion": "fon",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fond"
      },
      "expansion": "fond",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "make fun of"
      },
      "expansion": "make fun of",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "funny"
      },
      "expansion": "funny",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fonne"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fonne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ofs",
        "3": "fonna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian fonna",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fone"
      },
      "expansion": "fone",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fomne"
      },
      "expansion": "fomne",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fāmne"
      },
      "expansion": "fāmne",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*faimnijā"
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*faimnijǭ",
        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*peymen-",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*poymen-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "breast milk"
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      "expansion": "*poymen- (“breast milk”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "fǣmne",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "famke",
        "3": "",
        "4": "girl"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian famke (“girl”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "fone"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian fone",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "fon",
        "3": "",
        "4": "woman, maid, servant,\" also \"weakling, simpleton"
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      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”).\nCompare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond.\nAs a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century.\nAlternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of fāmne, fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant,\" also \"weakling, simpleton”).",
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    {
      "form": "more fun",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "funner",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most fun",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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      "form": "funnest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "more",
        "2": "funner"
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "We had a fun time at the party."
        },
        {
          "text": "He is such a fun person to be with."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 January 11, Tom Bateman, quoted in Nigel Hunt, \"Jekyll and Hyde, TV revamp of Robert Louis Stevenson classic, debuts on CBC-TV\" CBC News, Canada",
          "text": "He's the liberated character that everyone wants to be, so he was very fun to play"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Enjoyable or amusing."
      ],
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          "Enjoyable",
          "enjoyable"
        ],
        [
          "amusing",
          "amusing"
        ]
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        "(informal) Enjoyable or amusing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons."
        }
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      ],
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          "Whimsical",
          "whimsical"
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        [
          "flamboyant",
          "flamboyant"
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        "(informal) Whimsical or flamboyant."
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        "informal"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/fʌn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Northern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌn"
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      "audio": "en-us-fun.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/En-us-fun.ogg/En-us-fun.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/En-us-fun.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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      "enpr": "fŭn"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mariḥ",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "مَرِح"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "musallin",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "مُسَلٍّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "múmteʕ",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "ممتع"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "musálli",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "مُسَلِّي"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bisálli",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "tags": [
        "North-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "بِسلّي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "múmteʕ",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "tags": [
        "South-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "ممتع"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "musálli",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "tags": [
        "South-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "مُسَلِّي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bisálli",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "tags": [
        "South-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "بِسلّي"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "urax",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "ուրախ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zvartʻ",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "զվարթ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mojar",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "মজার"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smešen",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "смешен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabaven",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "забавен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "divertit"
    },
    {
      "alt": "hou² waan⁴⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "好玩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎowán",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "好玩"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "sjov"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "plezierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "leuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "lollig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders"
      ],
      "word": "plezant"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "amuza"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "lõbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "hauska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "kiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "amusant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gartoba",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "გართობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "lustig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "spaßig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "to be fun",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "Spaß machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mehāne",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "מהנה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kefi",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "כייפי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "szórakoztató"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "mókás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "élvezetes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "poénos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "vicces"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "jópofa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "amusante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "divertente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "intrigante"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たのしい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tanoshii",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "楽しい"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeulgeoun",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "즐거운"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jaemiitda",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "재미있다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "mūan",
      "sense": "enjoyable, amusing",
      "word": "ມ່ວນ"
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "code": "lb",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "th",
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      "code": "vo",
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "フン"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rōmaji transcription of フン"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Rōmaji",
          "romaji"
        ],
        [
          "フン",
          "フン#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fun"
}

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        "1": "tbl",
        "2": "noun"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tboli",
  "lang_code": "tbl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Tboli lemmas",
        "Tboli nouns",
        "Tboli terms in nonstandard scripts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "owner"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fun"
}

{
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    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba prepositions",
    "Yoruba verbs"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "fún",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb",
        "head": "fún",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fún",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "fún"
      },
      "expansion": "fún",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fún"
      },
      "expansion": "fún",
      "name": "yo-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "give"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "choke, squeeze, strangle, throttle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choke",
          "choke"
        ],
        [
          "squeeze",
          "squeeze"
        ],
        [
          "strangle",
          "strangle"
        ],
        [
          "throttle",
          "throttle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scatter, strew"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scatter",
          "scatter"
        ],
        [
          "strew",
          "strew"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sew"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sew",
          "sew"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fun"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba prepositions",
    "Yoruba verbs"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "fún",
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      ]
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        "head2": ""
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fún"
      },
      "expansion": "fún",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "for, on behalf of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "on behalf of",
          "on behalf of"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fun"
}
{
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  "msg": "inconsistent language codes ar vs ajp in translation item: 't' {1: 'ajp', 2: 'تسلية', 'tr': 'tisláye'}",
  "path": [
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    "t"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fun",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2386",
  "msg": "inconsistent language codes arz vs ajp in translation item: 't' {1: 'ajp', 2: 'مُسَلِّي\\u200e', 'tr': 'musálli'}",
  "path": [
    "fun",
    "t"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "fun",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "translations/369",
  "msg": "unrecognized prefix (language name?) in translation item: Syrian Arabic: تسلية (tisláye)",
  "path": [
    "fun"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fun",
  "trace": ""
}

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