joke
English
/dʒəʊk/, /dʒoʊk/
noun
Definitions
- An amusing story.
- Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
- (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
- (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
Etymology
Derived from Latin iocus (joke, jest, game, playing, pastime, play) derived from Proto-Italic *jokos (saying, word) derived from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (word, utterance), *yek- (speak, utter) inherited from Proto-Celtic *yaxtī (language).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*yaxtī
Gloss
language
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
語
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antijoke English
- fic English
- hoax English
- jokee English
- jokefest English
- jokefic English
- jokeful English
- jokefully English
- jokefulness English
- jokeless English
- jokelessness English
- jokelike English
- jokely English
- joker English
- jokesmith English
- jokesome English
- jokesomeness English
- jokest English
- jokester English
- jokette English
- jokily English
- jokiness English
- jokish English
- joky English
- metajoke English
- nonjoke English
- outjoke English
- smith English
- *iocāle Latin
- *iocāre Latin
- *jocale Latin
- *jocāre, *iocāre Latin
- gaudium Latin
- iocus Latin
- iocus partītus Latin
- iocāre Latin
- iocōsus Latin
- jocus Latin
- Beichte German
- Beichtkind German
- Beichtvater German
- Gicht German
- Jux German
- dzsóker Hungarian
- fuorigioco Italian
- giocabile Italian
- giocare Italian
- giocatore Italian
- giocheria Italian
- giochino Italian
- gioco Italian
- giocoforza Italian
- giocoliere Italian
- giullaresco Italian
- mediogioco Italian
- rigiocare Italian
- videogioco Italian
- joker Dutch, Flemish
- jokkebrok Dutch, Flemish
- jokken Dutch, Flemish
- déjouer French
- joker French
- jouable French
- jouer French
- jouet French
- joueur French
- rejouer French
- surjouer French
- джокер Russian
- juego Spanish, Castilian
- jugable Spanish, Castilian
- jugador Spanish, Castilian
- jugar Spanish, Castilian
- jugarreta Spanish, Castilian
- juguete Spanish, Castilian
- minijuego Spanish, Castilian
- videojuego Spanish, Castilian
- *yek- Proto-Indo-European
- *yokos Proto-Indo-European
- jogar Portuguese
- jogável Portuguese
- jóquer Portuguese
- rejogar Portuguese
- *jehaną Proto-Germanic
- *jehtaną Proto-Germanic
- joker Swedish
- jox Swedish
- ジョーカー Japanese
- ジョーク Japanese
- dżoker Polish
- joke Danish
- joker Danish
- geu Old French
- joer Old French
- džoker Serbo-Croatian
- џокер Serbo-Croatian
- jòquer Catalan, Valencian
- djók Icelandic
- djóka Icelandic
- juca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- jucărie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- jucător Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dyoker Cebuano
- sugal Cebuano
- bratiaith Welsh
- cyfieithu Welsh
- dwyieithog Welsh
- iaith Welsh
- ieithadur Welsh
- ieithydd Welsh
- jôc Welsh
- llediaith Welsh
- meta-iaith Welsh
- tafodiaith Welsh
- jocken Middle Dutch
- bigiht Old High German
- jok Afrikaans
- sugal Tagalog
- bīht Middle High German
- hokë Albanian
- jogar Old Portuguese
- jogo Old Portuguese
- *yaxtī Proto-Celtic
- *yextis Proto-Celtic
- џокер Macedonian
- *jokos Proto-Italic
- žoga Slovene
- joglar Old Occitan
- hunga Papiamentu
- yezh Breton
- yezhadur Breton
- jwe Haitian, Haitian Creole
- djuga Kabuverdianu
- juga Kabuverdianu
- ieith Middle Welsh
- جيكر Gulf Arabic
- joué Louisiana Creole French
- jocar Interlingua
- djuga Guinea-Bissau Creole
- sogal Karao
- yez Middle Breton