clown
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually…A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
» The clown fell down on purpose.
Der Clown ist absichtlich hingefallen.
Клоун упал нарочно.
Клоун упав навмисне.
Meaning
6 sensesA slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
Clown, Clownin
кло́унklóun, шутšut, пая́цpajác
кло́унklóun
A person who acts in a silly fashion.
He was regarded as the clown of the school, always playing pranks.
Trottel, Witzfigur
кло́унklóun, шутšut, пая́цpajác
кло́унklóun, бла́зеньblázenʹ
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
A stupid person.
A clownfish.
(archaic)A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
(archaic)One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel.
Examples
166 sentencesThe clown fell down on purpose.
Клоун упав навмисне. — rozmaita
ruКлоун упал нарочно. — odexed
deDer Clown ist absichtlich hingefallen. — human600
Tom is the class clown.
Том шкільний клоун. — deniko
deTom ist der Klassenclown. — Luiaard
The clown made a funny face.
deDer Clown machte ein lustiges Gesicht. — xtofu80
My friend is really a clown.
deMein Freund ist wirklich ein Clown. — Esperantostern
I used to work as a clown.
ruЯ раньше работал клоуном. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From earlier clowne, cloyne (“man of rustic or coarse manners, boor, peasant”); likely ofFrom earlier clowne, cloyne (“man of rustic or coarse manners, boor, peasant”); likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Icelandic klunni (“clumsy fellow, klutz”), Swedish kluns (“clumsy fellow”), all from Middle Low German klunz, from klunt (“pile, lump, something thick”); according to Pokorny, this could be related to a group of Germanic derivatives of Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; amass”), such as Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”), Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (“clod, lump”), *kultaz (“lump, bundle”), etc.
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