blague

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) pouch, especially for tobacco
2. (feminine) joke
3. (Louisiana, feminine) a penis

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, singular, third-person) inflection of blaguer:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person) inflection of blaguer:
3. (first-person, form-of, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of blaguer:

Concepts

joke

🤣

joking

jest

gag

sly joke

joke

🤣

joke

🤣

humbug

joke

🤣

fib

porky

joke

🤣

joke

🤣

prank

bosh

diversion

funny

😄

lark

pleasantry

amusement

quip

spoof

tease

tobacco pouch

trick

wisecrack

Synonyms

plaisanterie

🤣

amusement

jeu

badinerie

farce

canular

joke

🤣

bobard

mystification

badinage

🤣

plaisir

rigolade

😆

niaiseries

farce

burlesque

Translations

Witz

🤣

scherzo

🤣

broma

🤣

geintje

chiste

🤣

Scherz

🤣

şaka

🤣

grap

🤣

battuta

mop

🤣

humbug

Jux

🤣

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blaɡ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch: balg

In summary

18th century, from Dutch balg. The sense “joke” (ca. 1800) from the notion of something puffed up, hence vain, fanciful.