Meaning

4 senses

  1. An amusing story.

    Witz

    анекдо́тanekdót, шу́ткаšútka

    жартžart, до́тепdótep, анекдо́тanekdót

  2. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.

    It was a joke!

    Scherz, Streich, Witz

    шу́ткаšútka, остро́таostróta

    жартžart

    a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

  3. (figuratively)A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.

    Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.

    The president was a joke.

    Witz

    кло́унklóun, шутšut, посме́шищеposméšišče

  4. (figuratively)Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.

    The final exam was a joke.

Examples

1882 sentences

  1. It is nothing but a joke.

    Це лише жарт. — aandrusiak

    ruЭто всего лишь шутка. — drnm2

    deEs ist bloß ein Witz. — xtofu80

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  2. It was nothing but a joke.

    Це був лише жарт. — shanghainese

    ruЭто была всего лишь шутка. — Arkadeko

    deEs war nur ein Witz. — Kerstin

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  3. I meant it as a joke.

    Це був лише жарт. — shanghainese

    ruЯ просто пошутил. — marafon

    deDas sollte ein Witz sein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. They all laughed at his jokes.

    Всі вони сміялись над його жартами. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruВсе они смеялись над его шутками. — marafon

    deSie haben alle über seine Witze gelacht. — Dejo

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  5. Tom never tells off-color jokes.

    Том ніколи не розповідає непристойні жарти. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
amusing story:
Русский
By meaning 3
amusing story:
something said or done for amusement:
worthless thing or person:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
amusing story:
something said or done for amusement:

Origin

From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) sayi

From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jeu, Italian gioco, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Romanian joc, English Yule, Danish Jule, Norwegian Bokmål Jul, Swedish Jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol.

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Forms

plural: jokes
Singularjoke
Pluraljokes

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

49 related words
RelatedfunA1laughB1wittyB2jocularridiculejesterjokerjokester
Derivedantijokebad jokebrick jokebrown jokedad jokedial-a-jokedirty jokegreen jokehalf jokein-jokeinside jokejoke bookjokeejokefestjokeficjokefuljokelessjokeletjokelikejoke linejokelyjokemanjokeproofjoke shop

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • jokes were funny
  • was a joke
  • as a joke
  • at his jokes
  • kind of joke
  • at telling jokes
  • telling jokes
  • at my jokes
  • was just joking
  • practical jokes on
  • was only joking
  • funny joke

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jointB1jointlyjokerjokinglyjolly
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