"clown" meaning in Anglais

See clown in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \klaʊn\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clown.wav Forms: clowns [plural]
  1. Clown.
    Sense id: fr-clown-en-noun-NHA3ridr Categories (other): Lexique en anglais du cirque Topics: circus
  2. Farceur, blagueur, plaisantin, bouffon. Tags: familiar, figuratively
    Sense id: fr-clown-en-noun-aAzNJ~IG Categories (other): Métaphores en anglais, Termes familiers en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clownfish, clown fish Related terms: buffoon, jester [history], street performer

Verb

IPA: \klaʊn\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clown.wav Forms: to clown [infinitive], clowns [present, third-person, singular], clowned [preterite], clowned [participle, past], clowning [participle, present]
  1. Faire le clown, faire le pitre.
    Sense id: fr-clown-en-verb-ntaaKEP7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clown around

Inflected forms

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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "name": "Lexique en anglais de l’histoire",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "source": "w"
    },
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "clownfish"
    },
    {
      "word": "clown fish"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(1) Probablement de l’ancien allemand parlé par les Frisons, klönne, désignant un être vieux et malhabile."
  ],
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        "\\klaʊnz\\"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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    {
      "translation": "bouffon",
      "word": "buffoon"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "history"
      ],
      "translation": "fou",
      "word": "jester"
    },
    {
      "translation": "baladin",
      "word": "street performer"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en anglais du cirque",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clown."
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      "topics": [
        "circus"
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          "kind": "other",
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        "Farceur, blagueur, plaisantin, bouffon."
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      ]
    }
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    "(1) Probablement de l’ancien allemand parlé par les Frisons, klönne, désignant un être vieux et malhabile."
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      ],
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      ]
    },
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        "\\klaʊnz\\"
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    },
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        "\\klaʊnd\\"
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "\\klaʊnd\\"
      ],
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    "(1) Probablement de l’ancien allemand parlé par les Frisons, klönne, désignant un être vieux et malhabile."
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      "word": "buffoon"
    },
    {
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      ],
      "translation": "fou",
      "word": "jester"
    },
    {
      "translation": "baladin",
      "word": "street performer"
    }
  ],
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        "Clown."
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    "(1) Probablement de l’ancien allemand parlé par les Frisons, klönne, désignant un être vieux et malhabile."
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        "\\klaʊnz\\"
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        "singular"
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        "\\klaʊnd\\"
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    },
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        "\\klaʊnd\\"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "pos_title": "Verbe",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Faire le clown, faire le pitre."
      ]
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  "word": "clown"
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