fool
A person with poor judgment or little intelligenceA person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
» He is anything but a fool.
Er ist alles andere als ein Narr. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Er ist ganz und gar kein Dummkopf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Er ist alles andere als dumm. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Он кто угодно, только не дурак. — Hellerick
Он кто угодно, но только не дурак. — soweli_Elepanto
Він хто завгодно, тільки не дурень. — uaspeaker
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
8 senses(derogatory)A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.
The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.
dumme Gans, Dummkopf, Narr
балбе́сbalbés, болва́нbolván, деби́лdebíl
ду́реньdúrenʹ, те́лепеньtélepenʹ, йо́лопjólop
a person who lacks good judgment
(historical)A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
Narr, Närrin, Eulenspiegel
шутšut, скоморо́хskomoróx
бла́зеньblázenʹ
A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
der Narr
дура́кdurák
Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
(informal)Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
-narr
(slang)An informal greeting akin to buddy, dude, or man.
A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool
Examples
1142 sentencesHe is anything but a fool.
Він хто завгодно, тільки не дурень. — uaspeaker
ruОн кто угодно, только не дурак. — Hellerick
deEr ist alles andere als ein Narr. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'm not going to fool myself.
Я не маю наміру дурити себе. — shanghainese
I know Tom isn't a fool.
Я знаю, що Том не дурень. — deniko
You can't fool me so easily.
Ти не обдуриш мене так легко. — Ahha
Did you think you could fool me?
Ти думав, що можеш мене обудрити? — deniko
ruТы думал, что можешь меня одурачить? — marafon
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English fol (“fool”), from Old French fol (cf. modern French fou (“mad”)) fromFrom Middle English fol (“fool”), from Old French fol (cf. modern French fou (“mad”)) from Latin follis. Doublet of fals and follis. Displaced native Old English dwæs.
From French fouler (“to trample”).
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Forms
plural: foolsSynonyms
96 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
42 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Short and long vowels — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- made a fool
- a fool of
- was a fool
- able to fool
- fool of himself
- fool of yourself
- a fool to
- tried to fool
- fool of myself
- like a fool
- such a fool
- fooling around
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.