Drollery — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a comic incident or series of incidents

a quaint and amusing jest

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɛmbɹˈæsɪv/

🇬🇧British English

/dɹˈəʊləɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɹˈəʊləɹi/

3 syllables Say it as /ɛmbɹˈæsɪv/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

funniness comedy clowning waggery

Word Forms

clown	verb	act as or like a clown
comic	adjective	arousing or provoking laughter
comical	adjective	arousing or provoking laughter
funny	adjective	arousing or provoking laughter

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

drollig

ein komischer Vorfall oder eine Reihe von Vorfällen

🇫🇷French

drôlerie

un incident comique ou une série d'incidents

🇪🇸Spanish

bufonería

un incidente cómico o una serie de incidentes

🇮🇹Italian

sciocchezza

un episodio comico o una serie di episodi

🇳🇱Dutch

vrolijkheid

een komisch incident of een reeks incidenten

🇵🇹Portuguese

brincadeira

um incidente cômico ou uma série de incidentes

🇷🇺Russian

шутка

комический случай или серия происшествий

India

🇮🇳Hindi

डोलरी

एक हास्य घटना या घटनाओं की श्रृंखला

🇧🇩Bengali

ড্রলারী

একটি কমিক ঘটনা বা ঘটনার সিরিজ

🇮🇳Tamil

தள்ளுவண்டி

ஒரு நகைச்சுவை சம்பவம் அல்லது தொடர் சம்பவங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

డ్రోలరీ

హాస్య సంఘటన లేదా సంఘటనల శ్రేణి

🇮🇳Marathi

ड्रोलरी

एक कॉमिक घटना किंवा घटनांची मालिका

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડ્રોલરી

કોમિક ઘટના અથવા ઘટનાઓની શ્રેણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಡ್ರೋಲರಿ

ಕಾಮಿಕ್ ಘಟನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಘಟನೆಗಳ ಸರಣಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഡ്രോളറി

ഒരു ഹാസ്യ സംഭവം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സംഭവങ്ങളുടെ പരമ്പര

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡਰੋਲਰੀ

ਇੱਕ ਹਾਸਰਸ ਘਟਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਘਟਨਾਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਲੜੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

ڈرلری

ایک مزاحیہ واقعہ یا واقعات کا سلسلہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

笑话

一个喜剧事件或一系列事件

🇯🇵Japanese

お遊び

喜劇的な事件または一連の事件

🇰🇷Korean

잡담

희극적인 사건이나 일련의 사건

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chuyện khôi hài

một sự cố hài hước hoặc một loạt sự cố

🇹🇭Thai

การเล่นตลก

เหตุการณ์การ์ตูนหรือเหตุการณ์ต่อเนื่อง

🇮🇩Indonesian

lucunya

sebuah kejadian komik atau serangkaian kejadian

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مشهد هزلي

حادثة كوميدية أو سلسلة من الأحداث

🇮🇷Persian

چرخ دستی

یک حادثه طنز یا مجموعه ای از حوادث

🇹🇷Turkish

komiklik

komik bir olay veya bir dizi olay

🇮🇱Hebrew

דרולרי

אירוע קומי או סדרה של תקריות

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