jester

See also: ještěr

English

Jesters

Etymology

From Middle English gestour; equivalent to jest +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɚ/
• Homophone: gestor
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

jester (plural jesters, feminine jestress)

1. One who jests, jokes or teases.
2. A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Southeast Asian genus Symbrenthia.

Synonyms

• (one who jokes): buffoon, clown, joker, see also Thesaurus:joker
• (court entertainer): buffoon, clown, fool, jestress, see also Thesaurus:jester

Hyponyms

• (person who amused a medieval court): harlequin, pantaloon

Derived terms

• court jester

Translations

one who jests

• Belarusian: жартаўні́к m (žartaŭník), жарто́ўнік m (žartóŭnik)
• Bulgarian: шегобиец (bg) m (šegobiec)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: šašek (cs) m
• Esperanto: amuzanto
• Finnish: vitsailija (fi), vitsiniekka (fi)
• French: plaisantin (fr) m
• Galician: alvardán m, bufón m, arlequín (gl) m
• Georgian: ხუმარა (ka) (xumara), მასხარა (ka) (masxara), ოხუნჯი (ka) (oxunǯi), ტაკიმასხარა (ṭaḳimasxara)
• German: Spaßmacher (de) m, Spaßmacherin (de) f, Clown (de) m, Clownin (de) f, Hampelmann (de) m, Hampelfrau f
• Greek:

  Ancient: γελωτοποιός m (gelōtopoiós)

• Latin: balatrō m
• Lithuanian: klounas m
• Macedonian: шега́џија m (šegádžija), шего́биец m (šegóbiec), сме́шник m (sméšnik)
• Maori: kiri hangareka
• Pashto: ټوکي (ps) m (ṭoki)
• Polish: błazen (pl) m
• Portuguese: brincalhão (pt) m
• Russian: шутни́к (ru) m (šutník), шутни́ца (ru) f (šutníca), остря́к (ru) m (ostrják) (derogatory)
• Spanish: bufón (es) m
• Swedish: gycklare (sv) c or c pl
• Ukrainian: жартівни́к m (žartivnýk), жартівни́ця f (žartivnýcja), жарту́н m (žartún)

person who amused a medieval court — see court jester

Anagrams

• rejets

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.

Alternative forms

• jest

Noun

jester m (definite singular jesteren, indefinite plural jestere or jestre or jestrer, definite plural jesterne or jestrene)

1. yeast

   Synonym: gjær

Related terms

• ese

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: gjester

Noun

jester m

1. indefinite plural of jest

References

• “jester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• jest
• gjester (non-standard since 1938)

Etymology

From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast. Doublet of jest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛs.tər/

Noun

jester m (definite singular jesteren, indefinite plural jestrar, definite plural jestrane)

1. yeast

   Synonym: gjær

Related terms

• asa, ase
• esa, ese

References

• “jester” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.