fun
Amusement, enjoyment or pleasureAmusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
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Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
Amüsement, Gaudi, Spaß
поте́хаpotéxa, весе́льеvesélʹje, заба́ваzabáva
поті́хаpotíxa, заба́ваzabáva, розва́гаrozváha
(uncountable)Playful, often noisy, activity.
violent and excited activity
Examples
4080 sentencesHave fun, but don't get lost.
Розважайся, але на загубись. — deniko
Basketball is a lot of fun.
Баскетбол — це дуже весело. — deniko
ruБаскетбол — это очень весело. — Hellerick
deBasketball macht sehr viel Spaß. — al_ex_an_der
It is fun to play baseball.
Грати у бейсбол — це весело. — deniko
ruВ бейсбол играть весело. — marafon
deBaseball spielen macht Spaß. — Wolf
It was a lot of fun.
Це було дуже весело. — deniko
ruБыло очень весело. — Wezel
deEs hat viel Spaß gemacht. — tokre
Are you making fun of me?
Ти глузуєш із мене? — deniko
ruТы что, смеёшься надо мной? — odexed
deMachst du dich über mich lustig? — brauchinet
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), frFrom Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”).
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Synonyms
12 synonyms- activities that are enjoyable or amusing:merrimentplayfulness
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously):playsport
- a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement:playfulness
Word family
43 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- B1Confusing pairs of words — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- lot of fun
- made fun of
- much fun
- having any fun
- was having fun
- fun doing doing
- any fun
- made fun
- more fun than
- having much fun
- would be fun
- be fun to
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.