There is no mercy here, Pinocchio. I have spared you. Harlequin must burn in your place. I am hungry and my dinner must be cooked.
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Harlequin
//ˈhɑɹlɪkwɪn//
Synonyms for "harlequin" (135 found)
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14 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 41 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- arlekin noun (pantomime fool)
Basque
1 entries- arlekin noun (pantomime fool)
Bulgarian
2 entries- арлекин noun (pantomime fool)
- арлекино noun (pantomime fool)
Catalan
1 entries- arlequí noun (pantomime fool)
Czech
1 entries- harlekýn noun (pantomime fool)
Danish
1 entries- harlekin noun (pantomime fool)
Dutch
1 entries- harlekijn noun (pantomime fool)
Esperanto
1 entries- arlekeno noun (pantomime fool)
Estonian
1 entries- arlekiin noun (pantomime fool)
Finnish
4 entries- harlekiinikuvioinen adj (brightly colored)
- riemunkirjava adj (brightly colored)
- harlekiini noun (pantomime fool)
- narri noun (pantomime fool)
French
1 entries- arlequin noun (pantomime fool)
Galician
1 entries- arlequín noun (pantomime fool)
German
2 entries- Harlekin noun (pantomime fool)
- Harlekin noun (pantomime fool)
Greek
1 entries- αρλεκίνος noun (pantomime fool)
Hebrew
1 entries- מוּקְיוֹן noun (pantomime fool)
Hungarian
1 entries- harlekin noun (pantomime fool)
Ido
1 entries- arlekino noun (pantomime fool)
Irish
1 entries- airleacán noun (pantomime fool)
Italian
2 entries- arlecchino adj (brightly colored)
- arlecchino noun (pantomime fool)
Japanese
1 entries- アルレッキーノ noun (pantomime fool)
Korean
1 entries- 아를레키노 noun (pantomime fool)
Latvian
1 entries- arlekīns noun (pantomime fool)
Lithuanian
1 entries- arlekinas noun (pantomime fool)
Lombard
2 entries- arlechin noun (pantomime fool)
- arlechì noun (pantomime fool)
Macedonian
1 entries- арлекин noun (pantomime fool)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- harlekin noun (pantomime fool)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- harlekin noun (pantomime fool)
Polish
1 entries- arlekin noun (pantomime fool)
Portuguese
1 entries- arlequim noun (pantomime fool)
Romanian
1 entries- arlechin noun (pantomime fool)
Russian
1 entries- арлеки́н noun (pantomime fool)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- arlèkīn noun (pantomime fool)
- harlèkīn noun (pantomime fool)
- арлѐкӣн noun (pantomime fool)
- харлѐкӣн noun (pantomime fool)
Slovak
1 entries- harlekýn noun (pantomime fool)
Spanish
1 entries- arlequín noun (pantomime fool)
Swedish
1 entries- harlekin noun (pantomime fool)
Tagalog
1 entries- harlekin noun (pantomime fool)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཨར་ལེ་ཀི་ནོ། noun (pantomime fool)
Turkish
1 entries- arleken noun (pantomime fool)
Ukrainian
1 entries- арлекі́н noun (pantomime fool)
Uzbek
2 entries- arlekino noun (pantomime fool)
- arlikin noun (pantomime fool)
Walloon
1 entries- harlikin noun (pantomime fool)
Sample sentences
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Clowns began appearing in the form we recognize today in the 17th century, as a character known as a harlequin. They were common in European theater, and played a character who acted foolish or played tricks.
Source: tatoeba (6331918)
A harlequin wore colorful clothing and covered his face with a mask to protect his identity.
Source: tatoeba (6331919)
Josh Helston glittered in the morning sunshine like a harlequin in a limelight, for he was spangled from head to foot with the loose silvery scales of the pilchards caught during the night, and on many another night during the past few weeks.
Source: tatoeba (11959738)
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