English
Pronunciation
IPA|/f�n/
audio|en-us-fun.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�n|-�n
Noun
en-noun|-
- A source of amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
#: Derek's dinner parties are fun.
#* 2000, Robert Stanley, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6, Alpha Books, page 377
#*: Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.
- Enjoyment or amusement.
#: I want to go out this evening and have some fun.
- Playful, often noisy, activity.
Synonyms
(source of enjoyment or amusement):
(enjoyment, amusement): amusement, diversion, enjoyment, a laugh, pleasure
(playful, often noisy, activity): boisterousness, horseplay, rough and tumble
Derived terms
top2
for the fun of it
fun and games
fun bags
fun fair, funfair
funfest
fun-loving
fun-maker
funny
fun run<!--whence "fun runner" and "fun running"-->
funster
mid2
good fun
great fun
have fun
have fun with
in fun
like fun
make fun of
poke fun at
what fun!
Translations
trans-top|source of amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
German: Vergnügen n
Hebrew: ��ף (kef) m
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|راب�ارد�
Romanian: distracţie f
Spanish: diversión f
trans-bottom
trans-top|enjoyment or amusement
Dutch: lol m, plezier n, pret
German: Spa� m
trans-mid
Hebrew: ×�× ×�×� (hÄ�nÄ�ʾÄ�) m
Italian: divertimento m
Kurdish: KUchar|ب� ������س
Romanian: distracţie f
Russian: по�е�a (potékha) f
trans-bottom
trans-top|playful, often noisy, activity
Dutch: plezier n, pret
trans-mid
Italian: allegria f, svago m
Kurdish: KUchar|������س
trans-bottom
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ttbc|Spanish: diversión f
Adjective
en-adj-more; (slang comparative funner, slang superlative funnest; see usage notes below)
- informal enjoyable, amusing
#: We had a fun time at the party.
#: He is such a fun person to be with.
See also
funny
Usage notes
For more on the slang comparative and superlative, the use of which is disputed, see this discussion
Note that the use of fun as an adjective is never considered acceptable in formal writing.
Translations
trans-top|enjoyable, amusing
Dutch: plezierig, plezierige, leuk, leuke, lollig, lollige
French: amusant m, amusante f
German: lustig
Hebrew: ×�×�× ×� (mehÄ�ne), ×�×�×�פ×� (kefi) (colloquial)
trans-mid
Irish: craic
Italian: divertente m|f
Romanian: distractiv
Spanish: divertido m, divertida f
trans-bottom
fa:fun
fr:fun
io:fun
id:fun
it:fun
hu:fun
pl:fun
pt:fun
ru:fun
simple:fun
fi:fun
ta:fun
te:fun
vi:fun
vo:fun
zh:fun
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