Etymology
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From Tom (a common man) + foolery.
Pronunciation
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- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtɒmˈfuːlə.ɹi/
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- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɑmˌful.ɚ.i/, [ˈtʰɑmˌɸuɫ.ɚ.i], [ˈtʰɑɱˌfuɫ.ɚ.i]
tomfoolery (countable and uncountable, plural tomfooleries)
- Foolish behaviour or speech.
- Synonym: buffoonery
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Jewellery.
Translations
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foolish behaviour
- Bulgarian: палячовщина f (paljačovština)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 蠢事 (zh) (chǔnshì), 愚蠢舉動／愚蠢举动 (yúchǔn jǔdòng)
- Dutch: gekkigheid (nl) f
- Finnish: hölmöily (fi)
- French: pitrerie (fr) f, bouffonnerie (fr) f, niaiserie (fr) f
- German: Unsinn (de) m, Blödsinn (de) m, Clownerie (de) f
- Hungarian: ostobaság (hu), bárgyúság (hu), sületlenség (hu)
- Japanese: ばかなまね (bakana mane)
- Macedonian: будала́штина f (budaláština), лудо́рија f (ludórija), глу́пости f pl (glúposti)
- Polish: wygłup (pl), figiel (pl) m, psikus (pl) m, bufonada (pl) m
- Romanian: bufonerie (ro), caraghioslâc (ro) n
- Russian: дура́чество (ru) n (duráčestvo), шутовство́ (ru) n (šutovstvó), фигля́рство (ru) n (figljárstvo), клоуна́да (ru) f (klounáda)
- Spanish: payasada (es) f
- Turkish: soytarılık (tr)
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