Funniness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a comic incident or series of incidents

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈʌnɪnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈʌnɪnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈʌnɪnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /fˈʌnɪnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

comedy drollery clowning

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

Lustig

ein komischer Vorfall oder eine Reihe von Vorfällen

🇫🇷French

drôlerie

un incident comique ou une série d'incidents

🇪🇸Spanish

chiste

un incidente cómico o una serie de incidentes

🇮🇹Italian

comicità

un episodio comico o una serie di episodi

🇳🇱Dutch

grappigheid

een komisch incident of een reeks incidenten

🇵🇹Portuguese

graça

um incidente cômico ou uma série de incidentes

🇷🇺Russian

забавность

комический случай или серия происшествий

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मसख़रापन

एक हास्य घटना या घटनाओं की श्रृंखला

🇧🇩Bengali

মজা

একটি কমিক ঘটনা বা ঘটনার সিরিজ

🇮🇳Tamil

வேடிக்கை

ஒரு நகைச்சுவை சம்பவம் அல்லது தொடர் சம்பவங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

తమాషా

హాస్య సంఘటన లేదా సంఘటనల శ్రేణి

🇮🇳Marathi

मजेदारपणा

एक कॉमिक घटना किंवा घटनांची मालिका

🇮🇳Gujarati

રમુજીતા

કોમિક ઘટના અથવા ઘટનાઓની શ્રેણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಮಾಷೆ

ಕಾಮಿಕ್ ಘಟನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಘಟನೆಗಳ ಸರಣಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തമാശ

ഒരു ഹാസ്യ സംഭവം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സംഭവങ്ങളുടെ പരമ്പര

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਜ਼ਾਕੀਆਪਨ

ਇੱਕ ਹਾਸਰਸ ਘਟਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਘਟਨਾਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਲੜੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

مذاق

ایک مزاحیہ واقعہ یا واقعات کا سلسلہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

滑稽

一个喜剧事件或一系列事件

🇯🇵Japanese

面白さ

喜劇的な事件または一連の事件

🇰🇷Korean

웃김

희극적인 사건이나 일련의 사건

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự hài hước

một sự cố hài hước hoặc một loạt sự cố

🇹🇭Thai

ความขบขัน

เหตุการณ์การ์ตูนหรือเหตุการณ์ต่อเนื่อง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kelucuan

sebuah kejadian komik atau serangkaian kejadian

🇵🇭Filipino

katuwaan

isang komiks na insidente o serye ng mga insidente

🇲🇾Malay

kelakar

kejadian komik atau siri kejadian

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مرح

حادثة كوميدية أو سلسلة من الأحداث

🇮🇷Persian

خنده دار بودن

یک حادثه طنز یا مجموعه ای از حوادث

🇹🇷Turkish

komiklik

komik bir olay veya bir dizi olay

🇮🇱Hebrew

מצחיקות

אירוע קומי או סדרה של תקריות

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The primary meaning of 'funniness' is 'a comic incident or series of incidents'.

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