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English
Pronunciation
SAMPA|/hju:m@/
audio|en-us-humour.ogg|Audio (US)
rfap|alternate US pronunciation
Alternative forms
humor
Noun
en-noun
- Something funny such as a joke, satire, parody, etc.
- archaic Four "fluids" that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body - blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm.
#:M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40
#:: For some days a fistula lacrymalis had come into my left eye, which discharged an humour, when pressed, that portended danger.
- figurative A mood.
#: He was in a particularly vile humour that afternoon.
- Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
Synonyms
comedy, wit, witticism (1)
bodily fluid (2)
mood (3)
Derived terms
humoral
humorous
black humour
sense of humour
toilet humour
Translations
Bulgarian: ��мо� m (1), на���оение n (3)
Dutch: humor m (1, 2)
French: humour m (1, 2)
German: Humor m (1, 2), Stimmung f (3), Witz m, Schmäh m
Indonesian: humor (1, 2), lelucon (1, 2)
Hungarian: humor (1, 2), kedv (3), testnedv (4)
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Interlingua: humor (1, 2)
Japanese: ��話 (������, waraibanashi) (1, 2), �� (���, warai) (1, 2)
Norwegian: humor m (1, 2)
Polish: humor m (1, 3), nastrój m (3)
Portuguese: humor m (1, 2)
Russian: �мо� (júmor) m (1)
Telugu: హాస�య� (haasyaM)
Verb
en-verb|humours|humouring|humoured
- transitive To pacify by indulge|indulging.
#: I know you don't believe my story, but humour me for a minute and imagine it to be true.
Translations
Bulgarian: �гаждам
German: nachgeben
See also
w:Humour|Wikipedia article on humour
Category:1000 English basic words
French
Noun
humour f
- humor; comic effect in a communication or performance.
Category:Bodily fluids
Italian
Noun
humour m inv
- sense of humour
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