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Adjective [English]

IPA: /hɪˈlɛəɹiəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɪˈlɛ(ə)ɹiəs/ [General-American], /hɪˈlæɹiəs/ [New-England] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hilarious.wav , en-us-ne-hilarious.ogg Forms: more hilarious [comparative], most hilarious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəs Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin hilaris (“cheerful”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|hilaris|t=cheerful}} Learned borrowing from Latin hilaris (“cheerful”), {{suf|en||ous}} + -ous, {{der|en|grc|ἱλαρός||cheerful, merry}} Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} hilarious (comparative more hilarious, superlative most hilarious)
  1. Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter. Synonyms: funny Translations (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter): مَرِح (mariḥ) (Arabic), مُضْحِك (muḍḥik) (Arabic), barregarri (Basque), сме́шны (smjéšny) (Belarusian), фацэ́тны (facétny) [colloquial] (Belarusian), весел (vesel) (Bulgarian), hilarant (Catalan), 搞笑 (gǎoxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), k popukání (Czech), legrační (Czech), hylende morsom (Danish), hylemorsom (Danish), hilarisch (Dutch), riemastuttava (Finnish), riemukas (Finnish), ratkiriemukas (Finnish), hilarant (French), hilarante (Galician), zum Totlachen (German), urkomisch (German), vergnügt (German), irrsinnig witzig (German), ιλαρός (ilarós) [masculine] (Greek), מַצְחִיק (mats'khík) [masculine] (Hebrew), pokolian/hihetetlenül/őrült vicces/mulatságos (Hungarian), hilare (Interlingua), fíorghreannmhar (Irish), esilarante (Italian), spassoso (Italian), ひどくおもしろい (hidoku omoshiroi) (Japanese), 面白おかしい (omoshirookashii) (alt: おもしろおかしい) (Japanese), урнебесен (urnebesen) (Macedonian), pukukata (Maori), خنده دار (Persian), مضحک (Persian), arcyśmieszny (Polish), prześmieszny (Polish), arcyzabawny (Polish), przezabawny (Polish), hilário (Portuguese), hilariante (Portuguese), ilar [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), ilariant [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), умори́тельный (umorítelʹnyj) (Russian), смешно́й (smešnój) (Russian), поте́шный (potéšnyj) (Russian), прико́льный (prikólʹnyj) [colloquial] (Russian), hilarante (Spanish), descacharrante (Spanish), desopilante [rare] (Spanish), pikaseurieun (Sundanese), skrattretande (Swedish), obetalbar (Swedish), смішни́й (smišnýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-hilarious-en-adj-qwj~NmwX Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'very funny; causing great merriment and laughter': 92 8
  2. Full of hilarity; merry. Categories (topical): Comedy, Personality
    Sense id: en-hilarious-en-adj-ga06sf2I Disambiguation of Comedy: 10 90 Disambiguation of Personality: 31 69 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Sundanese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Sundanese translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 27 73
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Derived forms: hilarity, hilariously, hilariousness Related terms: exhilarate, exhilaration, Hilary

Alternative forms

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      "word": "מַצְחִיק"
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
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      "word": "ひどくおもしろい"
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      "word": "面白おかしい"
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "pukukata"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "خنده دار"
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "مضحک"
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "arcyśmieszny"
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "hilário"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "hilariante"
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "умори́тельный"
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      "word": "смешно́й"
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "hilarante"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "descacharrante"
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
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      "code": "su",
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "pikaseurieun"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "skrattretande"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "obetalbar"
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      "roman": "smišnýj",
      "sense": "very funny; causing great merriment and laughter",
      "word": "смішни́й"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.