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English
Etymology
joke + -er, but in the sense of a playing card possibly by alteration of Jucker, also the origin of the name of the card game euchre.
Pronunciation
Noun
joker (plural jokers)
- A person who makes jokes.
- (slang) A funny person.
- A jester.
- Synonyms: court jester, fool, jester
- A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.
- An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.
- Synonym: clown
Some joker keeps throwing eggs at my windows.
- A loser.
Don't waste your breath on these jokers round here.
- (New Zealand, colloquial) A man.
- A clause in a contract that undermines its apparent provisions.
1922, Farm Machinery and Equipment, page lxxxiii:Discussion of contracts and the many provisions contained therein led to a vote making it the sense of the convention that manufacturers should use a simple sales contract, free from jokers.
1939, Canadian Parliament, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons, volume 218, page 858:Then, sir, on page 12 of the agreement there is a joker clause, which provides for payments in addition to the ten per cent, […]
1942, Billboard, volume 54, number 41, page 5:Stone claimed that there was a Joker in the contract, one clause (No. 2) calling for two weeks' notice and another (No. 8) calling for payment on a par-day basis after the first two weeks.
1958, Duncan Leroy Kennedy, Bill drafting, page 12:The object of these provisions is to prevent insertion of "jokers" or "sleepers" in bills and securing passage under the false color of the title.
- (military) A friendly unit that acts as a suspected hostile unit in a military excercise.
1998, APP-6A: Military Symbols for Land-Based Systems, page 9:Joker - A friendly track or contact acting as a "suspect" track for exercise purposes only. (STANAG 1241)
- The option, in a pub quiz, of selecting one particular round in which one's team will score double points.
We used our joker as soon as the topic of sports was announced, since we are sport experts.
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Translations
person who makes jokes
- Albanian: gaztor (sq) m, hokatar (sq) m, shakaxhi (sq) m
- Belarusian: жартаўні́к m (žartaŭník), жартаўні́ца f (žartaŭníca)
- Bulgarian: шегоби́ец (bg) m (šegobíec), шегоби́йка f (šegobíjka), шегаджи́я (bg) m (šegadžíja), шегаджи́йка f (šegadžíjka)
- Czech: šprýmař m, šprýmařka f, vtipálek (cs) m
- Danish: spasmager c, spøgefugl c, drillepind c
- Esperanto: ŝercemulo
- Finnish: vitsiniekka (fi), vitsailija (fi)
- French: blagueur (fr) m, farceur (fr) m
- Galician: carallán (gl)
- Georgian: ხუმარა (ka) (xumara)
- German: Spaßvogel (de) m
- Ingrian: koiruin
- Irish: áilteoir m
- Italian: buffone (it) m, buffone di corte m
- Kazakh: әзілкеш (äzılkeş)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: نوکتەباز (nuktebaz)
- Lao: ນັກຕະຫລົກ (nak ta lok)
- Latin: ioculātor (la) m
- Latvian: jokdaris (lv) m
- Macedonian: шегобиец m (šegobiec), шегобијка f (šegobijka)
- Maltese: buffu m, buffa f, ċajtier m, ċajtiera f
- Pashto: ټوکي (ps) m (ṭoki)
- Persian: شوخ (fa) (šux)
- Polish: żartowniś (pl) m, dowcipniś (pl) m, błazen (pl) m
- Portuguese: humorista (pt) m or f
- Russian: шутни́к (ru) m (šutník), шутни́ца (ru) f (šutníca)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: vragolan (sh), šutnik, šaljivac (sh)
- Slovak: vtipkár (sk) m
- Slovene: šaljivec m, šaljivka f
- Spanish: bromista (es) m or f, guasón (es) m, chistoso (es) m, humorista m or f
- Swedish: skämtare (sv) c, skojare (sv) c, narr (sv) c
- Thai: นักแสดงตลก, ตัวตลก (th) (dtuua-dtà-lòk)
- Turkish: şakacı (tr)
- Ukrainian: жартівни́к m (žartivnýk), жартівни́ця f (žartivnýcja)
- Yiddish: לץ m (lets), לצעכע f (leytsekhe)
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playing card
- Albanian: xhol (sq) m
- Armenian: ջոկեր (hy) (ǰoker)
- Belarusian: джо́кер m (džókjer)
- Bulgarian: жо́кер m (žóker), джо́кер m (džóker)
- Catalan: comodí (ca), jòquer (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 小丑牌 (siu2 cau2 paai4-2), 鬼牌 (gwai2 paai4-2), 皇牌 (wong4 paai4-2)
- Mandarin: 皇牌 (huángpái), 鬼牌 (guǐpái), 小丑牌 (xiǎochǒupái), 百搭牌 (bǎidāpái)
- Czech: žolík (cs) m
- Danish: joker c
- Dutch: joker (nl) m
- Esperanto: ĵokero
- Estonian: jokker
- Finnish: jokeri (fi)
- French: joker (fr) m
- Georgian: ჯოკერი (ǯoḳeri)
- German: Joker (de) m, Jolly m
- Greek: μπαλαντέρ (el) m (balantér)
- Hebrew: ג'וֹקֶר m (jóker)
- Hindi: जोकर (jokar)
- Hungarian: dzsóker (hu)
- Irish: cleasaí m, fear na gcrúb m, an buachaill mór m
- Italian: jolly (it) m, matta (it)
- Japanese: ジョーカー (ja) (jōkā)
- Korean: 조커 (ko) (jokeo)
- Lao: ໂຈກເກີ (chōk kœ̄), ໄພ້ໂຈກເກີ (phaichōk kœ̄)
- Macedonian: џокер m (džoker)
- Maltese: ġowker
- Maori: kēhua
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: please add this translation if you can
- Roman: džòker (sh) m
- Navajo: jéíg
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: joker (no) m
- Ojibwe: joka
- Persian: جوکر (joker)
- Polish: joker (pl) m, dżoker (pl) m
- Portuguese: curinga (pt) m (Brazil), jóquer (pt) m (Portugal) melé m (regional Brazil)
- Russian: джо́кер (ru) m (džóker)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: џо̀кер m
- Slovak: žolík m
- Slovene: džoker m
- Spanish: comodín (es) m
- Swedish: joker (sv) c
- Thai: โจ๊กเกอร์ (th), ไพ่โจ๊กเกอร์
- Turkish: joker (tr)
- Ukrainian: джо́кер m (džóker)
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Further reading
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From English joker.
Noun
joker
- joker (playing card)
Declension
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
From English joker.
Pronunciation
Noun
joker m (plural jokers, diminutive jokertje n)
- joker (playing card)
- any wild card or similar, even in non-card games
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English joker.
Pronunciation
Noun
joker m (plural jokers)
- (card games) joker
- (computing) wildcard
- (on a game show) lifeline
- (Scrabble) blank tile
See also
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English joker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʐɔ.kɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɔkɛr
- Syllabification: jo‧ker
Noun
joker m animal
- (card games) Alternative spelling of dżoker
Declension
Further reading
- joker in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- joker in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
joker m (plural jokers)
- Alternative form of jóquer
See also
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French joker, English joker.
Pronunciation
Noun
joker m (plural jokeri)
- (card games) joker
Declension