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funny

UK
/ˈfʌni/
US
/ˈfʌni/

Translations

funnyadjective
funnier
Comp.
funniest
Super.
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US
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The comedian told a funny joke that had everyone in stitches.
L'humoriste a raconté une blague drôle qui a fait rire tout le monde aux éclats.
There was a funny smell coming from the kitchen that no one could identify.
Il y avait une odeur étrange qui venait de la cuisine et que personne n'arrivait à identifier.
loucheAu sens de suspect ou peu fiable.
There's something funny about the way he keeps changing his story.
Il y a quelque chose de louche dans la façon dont il n'arrête pas de changer sa version.
malAu sens de se sentir légèrement malade.
I started to feel funny after skipping breakfast.
J'ai commencé à me sentir mal après avoir sauté le petit-déjeuner.
Additional translations
amusantPlus littéraire ou neutre que drôle.
bizarreEmployé pour marquer quelque chose d'étrange ou d'anormal.
suspectPlus formel, au sens de douteux ou potentiellement malhonnête.
Synonyms
amusing
humorous
comical
hilarious
entertaining
witty
jocular
laughable
silly
whimsical
Antonyms
serious
unfunny
funnynoun
funnies
pl
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comiqueSurtout dans l'expression « the funny » au sens de ce qui est drôle.
That sketch show really brings the funny every week.
Cette émission de sketchs apporte vraiment le comique chaque semaine.
bandes dessinéesAu pluriel, pour les comic strips dans un journal.
She flipped straight to the funnies to read her favorite cartoon.
Elle a directement feuilleté les bandes dessinées pour lire son dessin animé préféré.
Additional translations
anomaliePour un fait ou un incident étrange, suspect ou irrégulier.
Synonyms
comedian
comic
humorist
joker
jester
clown
wit
card
wag
droll
funnyadverb
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US
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Informal; chiefly North American and Australian English, used after verbs such as ‘talk’, ‘act’, ‘smell’, meaning ‘in a strange or unusual way’.
He talks funny now that he has braces.
Il parle bizarrement maintenant qu'il a un appareil dentaire.
Additional translations
drôlementPeut marquer un emploi familier, selon le contexte.
Synonyms
funnily
amusingly
humorously
comically
drolly
laughably
oddly
strangely
peculiarly
curiously
bizarrely
unexpectedly
weirdly
funniesnoun

funny

funnies
pl
bandes dessinées
Every Sunday, I look forward to reading the funnies in the newspaper.
Tous les dimanches, j’ai hâte de lire les bandes dessinées dans le journal.
Additional translations
pages de bandes dessinéesPour désigner la rubrique du journal consacrée aux comics.
Synonyms
comics
cartoons
humor
jokes
gags

Definitions

funnyadjective
Causing laughter or amusement; humorous.
The comedian told a funny joke that had everyone in stitches.
Strange or unusual; difficult to explain or understand.
There was a funny smell coming from the kitchen that no one could identify.
Eliciting suspicion; seeming dishonest or questionable.
There's something funny about the way he keeps changing his story.
Feeling slightly ill, light-headed, or out of sorts.
I started to feel funny after skipping breakfast.
funnynoun
Comic strips, especially those printed in a newspaper (usually in the plural ‘the funnies’).
She flipped straight to the funnies to read her favorite cartoon.
A strange, suspicious, or illicit event or incident.
I think there was a funny with the books last quarter.
Humour or funniness; the quality of being amusing (usually preceded by ‘the’).
That sketch show really brings the funny every week.
funnyadverb
In a strange, unusual, or amusing way.
He talks funny now that he has braces.
funniesnoun
Comic strips or cartoons, especially those published in newspapers.
Every Sunday, I look forward to reading the funnies in the newspaper.
the section of a newspaper that contains comic strips
He flipped straight to the funnies before reading the headlines.
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