Clown

//klaʊn//

Synonyms for "clown" (263 found)

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Closest matches (53)

Strong matches (79)

Related words (131)

Verb(1 words)
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Related terms

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has context

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48 entries

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Translations

234 translations across 86 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • hanswors noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • hanswors noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • harlekyn noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • nar noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Albanian

3 entries
  • gaztor noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • klloun noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • palaço noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • γελωτοποιός noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أرقوز noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • ارقوز noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • ارقوز noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • بلياتشو noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Armenian

4 entries
  • խեղկատակ noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • ծաղրածու noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • կլոուն noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • կլոուն noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Asturian

2 entries
  • payasu noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • payasu noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • kloun noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • oyunbaz noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • бла́зан noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • клоўн noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • клоўн noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • кло́ун noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • паля́чо noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • шут noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လူပြက် noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Catalan

2 entries
  • pallassa noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • pallasso noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 小丑 noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 小丑 noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • 小丑 noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • 弄臣 noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Czech

1 entries
  • klaun noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Danish

2 entries
  • klovn noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • klovn noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Dari

3 entries
  • دَلْقَک noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • مَسْخَرَه noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • مَسْخَرَه noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Dutch

1 entries
  • clown noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • klaŭnino noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • klaŭno noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kloun noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Faroese

2 entries
  • klovnur noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • íspegil noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Finnish

3 entries
  • klovni noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • pelle noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • pelle noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

French

4 entries
  • andouille noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • bouffon noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • bouffon noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • bouffonne noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Galician

1 entries
  • pallaso noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კლოუნი noun (performance artist working in a circus)

German

4 entries
  • Clown noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • Clownin noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • Trottel noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • Witzfigur noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Greek

4 entries
  • γελωτοποιός noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • καραγκιόζης noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • κλόουν noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • παλιάτσος noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • quiasaarisartoq noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • לֵיצָן noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • ליצנית noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Hindi

2 entries
  • जोकर noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • विदूषक noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • bohóc noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • bohóc noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • galgopi noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • glanni noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • grallari noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • trúður noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Ido

1 entries
  • klauno noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • badut noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • badut noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • petruška noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • دَلْقَک noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • دَلْقَک noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • شوت noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • مَسْخَرِه noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Irish

2 entries
  • áilteoir noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • áilteoir noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Italian

4 entries
  • buffona noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • buffone noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • clown noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • clown noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ピエロ noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • 道化 noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • 道化師 noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • клоун noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Khmer

3 entries
  • តួកំប្លែង noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • ត្លុក noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • អ្នកកំប្លែង noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Korean

4 entries
  • 광대 noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • 광대 noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • 어릿광대 noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • 어릿광대 noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • клоун noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຕົວຕະຫລົກ noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Latin

3 entries
  • balatrō noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • sanniō noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • scurra noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Latvian

1 entries
  • klauns noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • juokdarys noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • klounas noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • кловн noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • кловн noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • палја́чо noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • палја́чо noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Malay

1 entries
  • badut noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കോമാളി noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Marathi

1 entries
  • जोकर noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • алиалагч noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • инээлгэгч noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Māori

1 entries
  • kiri hangareka noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Navajo

2 entries
  • haashchʼéídóó noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • łą́ʼátʼíinii noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Norman

1 entries
  • bouffon noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • palyaço noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • qeşmer noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • bajas noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • klovn noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • klovn noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Occitan

1 entries
  • palhassa noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • میمون noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Pashto

4 entries
  • دوړه مار noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • مسخره noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • مسخره noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • مسخره باز noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Spucht noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Polish

4 entries
  • błazen noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • błazen noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • klaun noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • pajac noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • palhaça noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • palhaça noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • palhaço noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • palhaço noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Romanian

4 entries
  • bufon noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • bufon noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • bufonă noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • bufonă noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Romansch

1 entries
  • clown noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Russian

4 entries
  • буффо́н noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • кло́ун noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • кло́ун noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • пая́ц noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • klovn noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • klȁun noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • кла̏ун noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • кловн noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Slovak

1 entries
  • klaun noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Slovene

3 entries
  • klovn noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • klovn noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • klovnesa noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Spanish

4 entries
  • clon noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • clown noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • payasa noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • payasa noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mcheshi noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Swedish

4 entries
  • clown noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • clown noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • pajas noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • pajas noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • payaso noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Tajik

3 entries
  • масхарабоз noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • масхарабоз noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • ширинкор noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Tatar

1 entries
  • клоун noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Thai

1 entries
  • ตัวตลก noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • གད་མོ་སློང་མཁན noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Turkish

1 entries
  • palyaço noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • kloun noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • masgarabaz noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • бла́зень noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • кло́ун noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • кло́ун noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بھانْڈ noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • جوکَر noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • جوکَر noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • مَخَولِیا noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مەسخىرىۋاز noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • kloun noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • masxaraboz noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • masxaraboz noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • hề noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Welsh

1 entries
  • clown noun (performance artist working in a circus)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • בלאַזן noun (person acting in a silly fashion)
  • פּאַיאַץ noun (performance artist working in a circus)
  • פּאַיאַץ noun (person acting in a silly fashion)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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When the little boy saw the clown, the cat got his tongue.

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The clown fell down on purpose.

Source: tatoeba (49985)

The clown at the circus pleased my children.

Source: tatoeba (54216)

You clown you.

Source: tatoeba (57712)

Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.

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