"ludicrous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈluː.dɪ.kɹəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈljuː.dɪ.kɹəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈluː.dɪ.kɹəs/ [US] Audio: en-uk-ludicrous.ogg [UK], en-us-ludicrous.ogg [US], en-au-ludicrous.ogg [Australia] Forms: more ludicrous [comparative], most ludicrous [superlative]
Etymology: First attested in 1619. From Latin lūdicrus, from lūdō (“play”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|lūdicrus}} Latin lūdicrus, {{m|la|lūdō||play}} lūdō (“play”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} ludicrous (comparative more ludicrous, superlative most ludicrous)
  1. Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd. Synonyms: laughable, ridiculous, risible Related terms (idiotic or unthinkable): ludicrously, ludicrousness Translations (idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny): γελοῖος (geloîos) (Ancient Greek), нелеп (nelep) (Bulgarian), смехотворен (smehotvoren) (Bulgarian), ridícul (Catalan), 滑稽的 (huájī de) (Chinese Mandarin), 荒唐的 (huāngtáng de) (Chinese Mandarin), hwarthus (Cornish), älytön (Finnish), absurdi (Finnish), järjetön (Finnish), idioottimainen (Finnish), naurettava (Finnish), huvittava (Finnish), absurde (French), ridículo [masculine] (Galician), aberwitzig (German), absurd (German), lächerlich (German), σαχλός (sachlós) (Greek), γελοίος (geloíos) (Greek), מגוחך (megoḥaḥ) [masculine] (Hebrew), nevetséges (Hungarian), konyol (Indonesian), ridicolo (Italian), nenekara (Maori), kūrapa (Maori), latterlig (Norwegian Bokmål), lachrich (Plautdietsch), idiotyczny [masculine] (Polish), niedorzeczny [masculine] (Polish), absurdalny [masculine] (Polish), groteskowy [masculine] (Polish), bezsensowny (Polish), ridículo (Portuguese), absurd (Romanian), ridicol (Romanian), неле́пый (nelépyj) (Russian), абсу́рдный (absúrdnyj) (Russian), смехотво́рный (smexotvórnyj) (Russian), amaideach (Scottish Gaelic), absurdný (Slovak), chorý [slang] (Slovak), irrisorio (Spanish), ridículo (Spanish), disparatado (Spanish), descabellado (Spanish), löjlig (Swedish), skrattretande (Swedish), absurd (Swedish), смішни́й (smišnýj) (Ukrainian), куме́дний (kumédnyj) (Ukrainian), digrif (Welsh), chwerthinllyd (Welsh), ysmala (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ludicrous-en-adj-vIyN5z3d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nelep",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "нелеп"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smehotvoren",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "смехотворен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "ridícul"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huájī de",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "滑稽的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huāngtáng de",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "荒唐的"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "hwarthus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "älytön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "absurdi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "järjetön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "idioottimainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "naurettava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "huvittava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "absurde"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ridículo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "aberwitzig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "absurd"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "lächerlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sachlós",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "σαχλός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "geloíos",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "γελοίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "geloîos",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "γελοῖος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "megoḥaḥ",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מגוחך"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "nevetséges"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "konyol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "ridicolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "nenekara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "kūrapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "latterlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "lachrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiotyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "niedorzeczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "absurdalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "groteskowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "bezsensowny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "ridículo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "absurd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "ridicol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nelépyj",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "неле́пый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "absúrdnyj",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "абсу́рдный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smexotvórnyj",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "смехотво́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "amaideach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "absurdný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "chorý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "irrisorio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "ridículo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "disparatado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "descabellado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "löjlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "skrattretande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "absurd"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "smišnýj",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "смішни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kumédnyj",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "куме́дний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "digrif"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "chwerthinllyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny",
      "word": "ysmala"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ludicrous"
}

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