see|Clown
English
Pronunciation
AHD|kloun, IPA|/kla�n/, SAMPA|/klaUn/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�n|-a�n
Noun
Image:Clown.JPG|thumb|right|150px|clown
en-noun
- A performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick.
- A person who acts in a silly fashion.
- (modern mythology) A monster resembling a circus clown.
#:In w:Stephen King|Stephen King's book It, and in the movie "Killer Klowns from Outer Space", clowns terrorize small towns.
Synonyms
i-c|performance artist working in a circus
i-c|person who acts in a silly fashion buffoon, fool
i-c|monster
Translations
trans-top|performance artist working in a circus
Chinese: ��
Croatian: klaun
Czech: klaun m
Dutch: De clown
French: clown#French|clown m
German: Clown m
Greek: κλ�ο�ν (clown) m, �αλιά��ο� (paliatsos) m, γελ��ο�οι�� (yelotopios) m
Hebrew: ×�×�צ×� (leitzan) m, ×�×�×¦× ×�ת (leitzanyt) f
Ido: klauno
Italian: pagliaccio m
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Japanese: JAchar|é��å��師 (dÅ�keshi), ã��ã�¨ã� (piero)
Korean: �릿��
Norwegian: klovn
Portuguese: palhaço m
Russian: кло�н
Slovene: klovn m, klovnesa f
Spanish: payaso m, payasa f
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trans-top|person acting in a silly fashion
French: bouffon m
German: Trottel m
Greek: Ï�αλιάÏ�Ï�οÏ� (paliatsos) m, Ï�ζοÏ�Ï�ζÎÏ� (tzutzes) m, καÏ�αγκιÏ�ζηÏ� (karagiozis) m
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Italian: buffone m
Japanese: JAchar|�� (d�ke)
Slovene: klovn m
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trans-top|monster resembling a circus clown
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Intransitive verb
rfc-trverb|Intransitive verb
en-verb
- (also clown about (British) or clown around) To act in a silly fashion.
Derived terms
clownfish
clownish
See also
coulrophobia
jester
jackpudding
French
Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /klun/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /klun/
Noun
clown m (plural clowns)
- clown
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