Complete Definition of "fool"

wikipedia|dab=fool (disambiguation)|Fool
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/fu�l/ audio|en-us-fool.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. pejorative A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
  2. A jester, a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court.
  3. A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.

Synonyms
(person with poor judgement): See WikiSaurus:fool
(person who entertained a sovereign): jester, joker
(person who talks a lot of nonsense): gobshite

Translations
trans-top|person with poor judgement or little intelligence
Armenian: Õ°Õ«Õ´Õ¡Ö� (himar)
Chinese: �� (sh�gu�)
Czech: t-|cs|hlupák|m, t+|cs|blázen|m
Danish: fjols n
Dutch: t+|nl|dwaas|m
Finnish: t+|fi|typerys, t-|fi|hölmö, t+|fi|idiootti
French: t+|fr|imbécile|m, t+|fr|idiot|m
German: t+|de|Tor|m
Greek: t+|el|αν�η�ο�|m|sc=Grek
Hebrew: he-translation|����|golem
Irish: t-|ga|amadán|m|xsIrish, t-|ga|óinseach|f|xsIrish
Italian: t+|it|imbecille|m, t+|it|idiota|m, t-|it|folle|m
Japanese: ��� (�����, orokamono)
Korean: �보 (babo)
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Latin: t-|la|stultus|m
Lithuanian: kvailys m
Norwegian: tosk g|Norwegian
Polish: t+|pl|g�upek|m
Portuguese bobo m, tolo m, idiota m
Romanian: t-|ro|prost|m
Russian: t+|ru|д��ак|m|trdurák|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: amadan m, òinseach f
Serbian: glupak m, glupan m, budala m|f, lu�ak m, buzda m
Slovak: t-|sk|blázon|m
Slovene: t+|sl|bedak|m, t-|sl|bizgec|m, t-|sl|budalo|n, t-|sl|bukselj|m
Spanish: t+|es|bobo|m, t+|es|tonto|m
Swedish: t-|sv|dåre|c
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trans-top|person who entertained a sovereign
Armenian: Õ­Õ¥Õ²Õ¯Õ¡Õ¿Õ¡Õ¯ (xeghkatak)
Czech: t-|cs|šašek|m
Danish: t-|da|nar|c
Finnish: narri, hovinarri
French: t+|fr|fou|m, t-|fr|bouffon|m
German: t+|de|Narr|m
Italian: t-|it|buffone|m, t-|it|giullare|m
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Japanese: ��師 (����, d�keshi)
Lithuanian: juokdarys m
Portuguese bobo da corte m, bobo m
Romanian: t-|ro|bufon|m
Russian ��� (šut) m
Serbian: dvorska luda f, šutnik m, šut m, luda f, lu�ak m
Swedish: t-|sv|narr|c
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trans-top|a dessert
Swedish: t-|sv|kräm|c
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Verb
en-verb|fools|fooling|fooled|fooled

  1. To trick; to make a fool of someone.

Translations
trans-top|to trick; to make a fool of someone
Armenian: t-|hy|Õ°Õ«Õ´Õ¡Ö�Õ¡Ö�Õ¶Õ¥Õ¬|scHayeren|xsArmenian
Finnish: huijata (1), narrata (1), puliveivata (1, colloquial)
French: deconner (slang)
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Romanian: t-|ro|p�c�li, t-|ro|prosti
Russian: ��
Slovak: okabátiť
Spanish: t-|es|engañar
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Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "fool"
fool about
fool around
foolhardy
foolish
foolishness
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fool's gold
more fool you
play the fool
suffer fools gladly
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