Buffoon
//bəˈfuːn//
Translations of "buffoon" (31 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | γελωτοποιός(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | gelōtopoiós | |
| Arabic | مُهَرِّج(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | muharrij | |
| Belarusian | бла́зан(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | blázan | |
| Bulgarian | паля́чо(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), шут(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | paljáčo, šut | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 小丑(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), 活寶 /活宝(unintentionally ridiculous person) | xiǎochǒu, huóbǎo | |
| Czech | kašpar(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), kašpar(unintentionally ridiculous person), klaun(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), šašek(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), šašek(unintentionally ridiculous person) | — | |
| Dutch | clown(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), sufferd(unintentionally ridiculous person) | — | |
| Esperanto | bufono(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Finnish | ilveilijä(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), mäntti(unintentionally ridiculous person), narri(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), narri(unintentionally ridiculous person), pelle(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), ilveillä(to behave like buffoon), pelleillä(to behave like buffoon) | — | |
| French | bouffon(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Galician | alvardán(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), bufón(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| German | Hanswurst(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), Kasper(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), Narr(unintentionally ridiculous person), Närrin(unintentionally ridiculous person), herumkaspern(to behave like buffoon), kaspern(to behave like buffoon) | — | |
| Hindi | भाँड(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), मसख़रा(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | bhā̃ḍ, masxarā | |
| Hungarian | pojáca(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), ripacs(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Ingrian | petruška(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | شوت(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), مَسْخَرِه(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | šut, masxare | |
| Irish | abhlóir(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), drúth(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), fuirseoir(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), miodhlach(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), óinmhid(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Italian | buffone(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), pagliaccio(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Macedonian | палја́чо(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), шут(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), се глупи́ра(to behave like buffoon), се ше́гува(to behave like buffoon) | paljáčo, šut, se glupíra, se šéguva | |
| Māori | heahea(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | میمون(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | maymun | |
| Plautdietsch | Noa(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Polish | błazen(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), pajac(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Portuguese | bufão(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), palhaço(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Romanian | bufon(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Russian | буффо́н(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), пая́ц(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), скоморо́х(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), фигля́р(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), шут(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | buffón, pajác, skomoróx, figljár, šut | |
| Sicilian | buffuni(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Spanish | bufón(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | — | |
| Swedish | fjant(unintentionally ridiculous person), pajas(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), pajas(unintentionally ridiculous person) | — | |
| Ukrainian | бла́зень(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), кло́ун(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | blázenʹ, klóun | |
| Urdu | بھانْڈ(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), مَسْخَرا(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion), مَسْخَرَہ(one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | bhānḍ, masxarā, masxara |
kašpar, kašpar, klaun, šašek, šašek
clown, sufferd
bufono
ilveilijä, mäntti, narri, narri, pelle, ilveillä, pelleillä
bouffon
alvardán, bufón
Hanswurst, Kasper, Narr, Närrin, herumkaspern, kaspern
pojáca, ripacs
petruška
abhlóir, drúth, fuirseoir, miodhlach, óinmhid
buffone, pagliaccio
heahea
Noa
błazen, pajac
bufão, palhaço
bufon
buffuni
bufón
fjant, pajas, pajas
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.