wikipedia
English

Noun
en-noun|sg=April fool

1. A practical joke played on April Fools' Day.
2. A person subjected to a practical joke on April Fools' Day.

#:Any one imposed on, or sent on a bootless errand, on the first of April; which day it is the custom among the lower people, children, and servants, by dropping empty papers carefully doubled up, sending persons on absurd messages, and such like contrivances, to impose on every one they can, and then to salute them with the title of April Fool.

Synonyms
(person): gowk (Scottish)

Derived terms
April-fool
April-fooling<!--noun-->
April Fools' Day

Translations
trans-top|practical joke played on April Fools' Day
French: poisson d'avril m
Finnish: aprillipila
German: Aprilscherz
trans-mid
Hebrew: ��� ��פר�� (ekhad bi-april)
Italian: pesce d'aprile
Japanese: �������� (eipurirufūru)
Swedish: aprilskämt n
trans-bottom

trans-top|person subjected to a practical joke April Fools' Day
trans-mid
Riparian, Kölsch: Appr�ll�jëk
trans-bottom

pt:April fool
ru:April fool

• 2007-07-31 18:34 - AutoFormat - -{{top}} +{{trans-top|practical joke played on April Fools' Day}}, -{{top}} +{{trans-top|person subjected to a practical joke April Fools' Day}}

Full Revision History