humor

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hjuː.mə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhjuːmɚ/, /ˈjuːmɚ/, [ˈçjuːmɚ] Hyphenation: hu‧mor Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ) === Noun === humor (usually uncountable, plural humors) US spelling of humour. === Verb === humor (third-person singular simple present humors, present participle humoring, simple past and past participle humored) US spelling of humour. === Derived terms === === Related terms === === Further reading === Humour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Humorism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “humor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “humor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “humor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === mohur == Asturian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hūmor, hūmōrem. === Noun === humor m (plural humores) mood (mental state) humour == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hūmōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [uˈmor] IPA(key): (Balearic) [uˈmo] IPA(key): (Valencia) [uˈmoɾ] === Noun === humor m or (archaic, regional or poetic) f (plural humors) humour ==== Derived terms ==== humorós ==== Related terms ==== humit == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦumor] === Noun === humor m inan humor (US), humour (UK) (source of amusement) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “humor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “humor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin (h)ūmor (“fluid”). Doublet of humør (“spirits, mood”). The modern use of this word for mental processes goes back to Ancient and Medieval theories about the four fluids of the body. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /huːmɔr/, [ˈhuːmɐ] === Noun === humor c (singular definite humoren, not used in plural form) humour (amusement and the sense of amusement) ==== Declension ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English humor (US), from Old French humor (“bodily fluid”), from Latin hūmor. Doublet of humeur (“mood, mental state”). The meaning of humor as in "a sense of amusement" entered Dutch from the US spelling of humour around ~1839. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦymɔr/ Rhymes: -ymɔr Hyphenation: hu‧mor === Noun === humor m (plural humoren or humores, no diminutive) (uncountable) humour (sense of amusement) (countable, archaic or historical) humour (bodily fluid) [from the 15th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hūmor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhumor] Hyphenation: hu‧mor Rhymes: -or === Noun === humor (plural humorok) humour, humor (the quality of being amusing, comical, or funny) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === humor in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Latin == === Etymology 1 === Alternative spelling of ūmor found in the later Roman Empire, when the letter h had already become silent. See also the related hūmidus. ==== Alternative forms ==== ūmor ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhuː.mɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.mor] (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈuː.mɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.mor] ==== Noun ==== hūmor m (genitive hūmōris); third declension liquid, fluid, humour ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhʊ.mɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.mor] ==== Verb ==== humor first-person singular present passive indicative of humō === References === “humor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “humor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Middle English == === Noun === humor alternative form of humour == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin hūmor, via German Humor and English humour or humor. === Noun === humor m (definite singular humoren) humour (UK) or humor (US) ==== Derived terms ==== galgenhumor === References === “humor” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin hūmor, via German Humor and English humour or humor. === Noun === humor m (definite singular humoren) humor (US) or humour (UK) ==== Derived terms ==== galgenhumor === References === “humor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old French == === Alternative forms === humour (less common) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hūmor, hūmōrem. === Noun === humor m or f humor (one of four fluids that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body) ==== Descendants ==== French: humeur (see there for further descendants) → Middle Dutch: humuere Dutch: humeur (see there for further descendants) → Middle English: humour, humore, umour, humor, humur, humerEnglish: humour (see there for further descendants)Scots: humour == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hūmor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxu.mɔr/ Rhymes: -umɔr Syllabification: hu‧mor === Noun === humor m inan (diminutive humorek, related adjective humorny) (uncountable) humour (ability to see what the funny side of things and make others laugh) (uncountable) humour (quality of being amusing, comical, funny) (uncountable) humour (collection of texts or fragments of texts that entertain or make people laugh) (uncountable) humour, mood (temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim) Synonym: nastrój czarny humor ― dark humour wisielczy humor ― gallows humour poczucie humoru ― sense of humour (uncountable) good mood (mental state characterized by the dominance of positive feelings as a result of the relationship of a person to the surrounding world) (in the plural) humours (mental state that occurs abruptly and without a cause, manifested by mood variation, dissatisfaction, or anger) (countable, historical, medicine) humour (any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === humor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN humory in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN humor in Polish dictionaries at PWN humor in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese umor, humor, a borrowing from Latin hūmōrem (“humour, fluid”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ Hyphenation: hu‧mor === Noun === humor m (plural humores) mood (mental state) Synonyms: disposição, espírito, temperamento de bom humor ― in a good mood de mau humor ― in a bad mood humour; bodily fluid (historical) humour (one of the four basic bodily fluids in humourism) Hyponyms: bile amarela, bile negra, fleuma, sangue humour (quality of being comical) Synonyms: comédia, comicidade, graça ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “humor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Noun === humor n (plural humoare) alternative form of umor ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English humor, from Latin hūmor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xǔmor/ Hyphenation: hu‧mor === Noun === hùmor m inan (Cyrillic spelling ху̀мор) (uncountable) humor ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hūmōrem. Cognate with English humor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈmoɾ/ [uˈmoɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: hu‧mor === Noun === humor m (plural humores) mood (a mental or emotional state) estar de buen humor ― to be in a good mood humor un sentido del humor ― a sense of humor ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “humor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === Originally from Latin hūmor (“fluid”), having bodily fluids in good balance, as used in humör (“mood, temper”). The joking sense was derived in England in Shakespeare's time and has been used in Swedish since 1812. === Pronunciation === === Noun === humor c humor ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === humor in Svensk ordbok (SO) humor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) humor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) humor, humör in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)