joker

See also: Joker and jóker

English

Etymology

joke +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

joker (plural jokers)

  1. A person who makes jokes.
  2. (slang) A funny person.
  3. A jester.
    Synonyms: court jester, fool, jester
  4. 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.
    Synonyms: 🂿, 🃏, 🃟
  5. An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.
    Some joker keeps changing this web page.
  6. (New Zealand, colloquial) A man.

Translations
jester — see fool

See also
Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)
ace deuce, two three four five six seven
eight nine ten jack, knave queen king joker

See also

Danish

Noun

joker

  1. joker (playing card)

Declension
Declension of joker
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative joker jokeren jokere jokerne
genitive jokers jokerens jokeres jokernes

Dutch

Etymology

From English joker.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjoːkər/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

joker m (plural jokers, diminutive jokertje n)

  1. joker (playing card)
  2. any wild card or similar, even in non-card games

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒɔ.kɛʁ/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /dʒo.kœʁ/, [dʒoʊ̯.kœʁ]

Noun

joker m (plural jokers)

  1. (card games) joker
  2. (computing) wildcard

See also
Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

Further reading

Polish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʐɔ.kɛr/

Noun

joker m anim

  1. (card games) joker

Declension
declension of joker
singular plural
nominative joker jokery
genitive jokera jokerów
dative jokerowi jokerom
accusative jokera jokery
instrumental jokerem jokerami
locative jokerze jokerach
vocative jokerze jokery

Portuguese

Noun

joker m (plural jokers)

  1. Alternative form of jóquer

See also
Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás dois, duque três, terno quatro, quadra cinco, quina seis, sena sete, manilha
oito nove dez valete dama rei jóquer, joker,
coringa, curinga

Romanian

Etymology

From French joker, English joker.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒo.kər/

Noun

joker m (plural jokeri)

  1. (card games) joker

Declension
declension of joker
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) joker jokerul (niște) jokeri jokerii
genitive/dative (unui) joker jokerului (unor) jokeri jokerilor
vocative jokerule jokerilor
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