fool

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
2. (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
3. 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.
4. Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
5. (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
6. (slang) An informal greeting akin to buddy, dude, or man.
7. A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.

Verb

1. (transitive) To trick; to deceive.
2. (intransitive) To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly.
3. (archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.

Adj

Foolish.

Conceptes

idiota

beneit

ruc

🫏

babau

home estult

ase

🫏

boig

burro

gamarús

bufó

tonto

capsigrany

ximplet

carallot

curt

encantat

pallús

el boig

tòtil

borratxo

decebre

titella

malgastar

cap de ruc

enganar

home neci

tanoca

enze

talòs

mistificar

pallasso

porta

enganyar

bajà

Sinònims

idiot

simpleton

dolt

trick

blockhead

deceive

stupid

cheat

dupe

moron

stupid person

dunce

foolish

silly

ass

🍑

jester

tool

hoax

clown

gull

hoodwink

imbecile

dummy

sucker

buffoon

swindle

chump

lunatic

nitwit

tomfool

take in

befool

dumb

bamboozle

mug

bonehead

nincompoop

jerk

mislead

con

dimwit

mystify

oaf

defraud

madman

ignoramus

crazy

booby

idiocy

half-wit

Traduccions

Dummkopf

Narr

idiot

imbécile

sciocco

idiota

Idiot

Tor

stupido

Trottel

sot

Depp

tonto

scemo

allocco

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/fuːl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: fole

Cognat amb francès: fou

Cognat amb anglès antic: dwæs

In summary

From Middle English fole (“fool”), from Old French fol (cf. modern French fou (“mad”)) from Latin follis. Doublet of fals and follis. Displaced native Old English dwæs.

Frases

A fool uttereth all his mind .