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Detailed Translations for silliness from English to French

silliness:

silliness [the ~] nomen

  1. the silliness (fun; joyfulness; high jinks; )
    le plaisir; la joie; la belle humeur; la plaisanterie; la folie; la stupidité; la blague; la rigolade; la cocasserie; le bordel; la raillerie; la gaieté; la sottise; la bouffonnerie; la satisfaction; la farce; la bêtise; l'allégresse; la réjouissance; le badinage; le cris d'allégresse
  2. the silliness (foolishness; naïvete; inanity)
    la simplicité; l'ignorance; l'innocence; la candeur; la niaiserie; la naïveté; l'ingénuité; le fait d'être bonasse
  3. the silliness (folly; nonsense; banter; idiocy)
    la folie; la raillerie; la bêtise; la plaisanterie; la sottise; le badinage; la bouffonnerie; la cocasserie

Translation Matrix for silliness:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
allégresse folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness brightfulness; carousing; cheerfulness; faultlessness; fun; gladness; glee; good spirits; happiness; impeccability; irreprochability; joy; joyfulness; light-heartedness; lightheartedness; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; perfection; pleasure; purity; revelry; roistering; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; tidiness
badinage banter; folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; idiocy; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness banter; fun; humor; humour; joke; little present; little something; prank; present
belle humeur folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness brightfulness; cheerfulness; faultlessness; gladness; glee; good spirits; happiness; impeccability; irreprochability; joy; joyfulness; light-heartedness; lightheartedness; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; perfection; pleasure; purity; revelry; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; tidiness
blague folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness banter; childishness; folly; foolishness; fun; humor; humour; idiocy; jest; joke; little present; little something; lunacy; pleasantry; prank; present
bordel folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness brothel; bungle; bungling; caboodle; chaos; confused heap; confusion; debris; disorder; hash; heap; jumble; labyrinth; mayhem; maze; mess; mix-up; muddle; pleasure house; rubbish; tangle; trash; trouble; welter; whorehouse
bouffonnerie banter; folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; idiocy; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness amusingness; burlesqueness; childishness; comedy; drollery; farce; farcicalness; folly; foolishness; fun; idiocy; lunacy; mischievousness; waggishness
bêtise banter; folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; idiocy; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness absurdity; dullness; folly; foolishness; idiocy; incongruity; lunacy; paradox; shenanigan; silly joke; silly trick; stupidity; vapidity
candeur foolishness; inanity; naïvete; silliness innocence; naïvety
cocasserie banter; folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; idiocy; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness banter; joke; little present; little something; prank; present
cris d'allégresse folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness cheering; excitement; joy; jubilation; shouts of joy
fait d'être bonasse foolishness; inanity; naïvete; silliness
farce folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness comical story; droll story; farce; fun; humor; humour
folie banter; folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; idiocy; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness absurdity; anger; backwardness; craziness; delirium; derangement; ecstasy; folly; foolishness; frenzy; fun; fury; humor; humour; hysteria; idiocy; inanity; incongruity; infatuation; insanity; lunacy; madness; mental derangement; mental illness; paradox; preposterousness; rage; retardation; rubbish; silly joke; stupidity; wrath
gaieté folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness banter; brightfulness; carousing; cheerfulness; faultlessness; flightiness; frivolity; frivolousness; fun; gladness; glee; good spirits; happiness; hilarity; impeccability; irreprochability; joy; joyfulness; light-heartedness; lightheartedness; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; perfection; pleasure; purity; revelry; roistering; shallowness; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; superficiality; tidiness; volatility; waggery
ignorance foolishness; inanity; naïvete; silliness ignorance; incapability; incompetence; obscurity; unfamiliarity with
ingénuité foolishness; inanity; naïvete; silliness innocence; naïvety
innocence foolishness; inanity; naïvete; silliness innocence; naïvety
joie folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness amusement; banter; be satisfied with; brightfulness; carousing; cheerfulness; contentment; delight; diversion; entertainment; faultlessness; flightiness; frivolity; frivolousness; fun; gladness; glee; good spirits; happiness; hilarity; impeccability; irreprochability; joy; joyfulness; light-heartedness; lightheartedness; lust; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; passion; perfection; pleasure; purity; revelry; roistering; satisfaction; shallowness; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; superficiality; tidiness; volatility; waggery
naïveté foolishness; inanity; naïvete; silliness credulity; gullibility; innocence; naiveté; naïvety
niaiserie foolishness; inanity; naïvete; silliness bungling; fiddling; sheepishness; tinkering; unfunny joke; unfunny prank
plaisanterie banter; folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; idiocy; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness amusingness; banter; childishness; comedy; drollery; folly; foolishness; fun; gag; humor; humour; idiocy; jest; joke; little present; little something; lunacy; mischievousness; pleasantry; prank; present; quip; waggishness; witticism; witty remark; witty saying
plaisir folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness amusement; be satisfied with; brightfulness; carousing; cheerfulness; complacency; decency; delight; diversion; enjoyment; entertainment; fascination; faultlessness; fervor; fervour; fun; gladness; glee; good spirits; happiness; impeccability; interest; irreprochability; joy; joyfulness; light-heartedness; lightheartedness; lust; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; passion; perfection; pleasure; purity; revelry; roistering; satisfaction; sexual desire; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; tidiness
raillerie banter; folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; idiocy; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness banter; derision; gallows humour; irony; jeering; jeers; joke; joking; little present; little something; mock; mockery; mocking; obloquy; poke fun at; prank; present; sarcasm; scoffing; scorn; scornful laughter; scornful tone; sneering; sneers; taunts; travesty
rigolade folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness banter; fun; hilarity; humor; humour; joke; little present; little something; merriment; pleasure; prank; present
réjouissance folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness brightfulness; carousing; celebration; cheerfulness; cheering up; decency; fairground attraction; faultlessness; feast; festivity; fun; gladness; glee; good spirits; happiness; impeccability; irreprochability; joy; joyfulness; light-heartedness; lightheartedness; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; party; perfection; perking up; pleasure; purity; revelry; roistering; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; tidiness
satisfaction folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness appeasement; be satisfied with; brightfulness; cheerfulness; content; contentment; delight; gladness; glee; good spirits; gratification; happiness; joy; joyfulness; lightheartedness; merriment; mirth; pleasure; revelry; satisfaction; settlement; sufficiency; well-being
simplicité foolishness; inanity; naïvete; silliness cushiness; demureness; frugality; having no pretentions; innocence; modesty; naïvety; plainness; scantiness; simpleness; simplicity; sobriety; unaffectedness
sottise banter; folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; idiocy; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness absurdity; childishness; folly; foolishness; fun; gibberish; humor; humour; idiocy; incongruity; lunacy; madness; nonsense; paradox; sheepishness; silly joke; stupidity
stupidité folly; fun; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness childishness; dullness; folly; foolishness; gibberish; idiocy; lunacy; nonsense; stupidity; vapidity
- absurdity; fatuity; fatuousness; giddiness
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
joie gladness
- stupidity

Related Words for "silliness":


Synonyms for "silliness":


Related Definitions for "silliness":

  1. an impulsive scatterbrained manner1
  2. a ludicrous folly1

Wiktionary Translations for silliness:

silliness
noun
  1. défaut d’intelligence, de jugement, de bon sens, ou des notions les plus communes.

silly:

silly adj

  1. silly (daft; crazy; insane; )
  2. silly (foolish; idiot; daft; potty)
  3. silly (weird; ridiculous; muzzy; )
  4. silly (loony; potty; crazy; )
  5. silly (without style; feeble; tasteless; )

Translation Matrix for silly:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
bête animal; beast; monster; monstrosity; ogre
cinglé character; drip; dud; figure; fool; idiot; jerk; madcap; madman; nutcase; rattle-brain
dingue character; drip; dud; figure; fool; idiot; jerk; madcap; madman; nutcase; rattle-brain
dément disturbed person; idiot; imbecile; loony; lunatic; madcap; madman; madwoman; maniac; mental patient; mentally disturbed person; mentally ill person; nut
fou ass; buffoon; clown; court jester; coxcomb; crazy person; daft; dandy; disturbed person; dumbo; fool; fop; idiot; imbecile; jack pudding; jackanapes; loony; lunatic; mad; madcap; madman; madwoman; maniac; mental patient; mentally disabled; mentally disturbed person; mentally ill person; merry Andrew; numbskull; nut; nutcase; prig; rattle-brain; silly man; simple mind; simpleton
idiot Simple Simon; asshole; bastard; birdbrain; blockhead; buffoon; cad; clown; coxcomb; cunt; dandy; duffer; dumbo; dunce; fat head; fathead; feather head; fool; fop; idiot; imbecile; jack pudding; jackanapes; loony; lunatic; madcap; madman; madwoman; maniac; meathead; mental patient; mentally disturbed person; mentally ill person; merry Andrew; nerd; nitwit; numbskull; nut; nutcase; oaf; prig; rattle brain; rattle-brain; scamp; scoundrel; silly man; simple mind; simpleton; stupid
imbécile Simple Simon; ass; asshole; birdbrain; blockhead; buffoon; clown; coxcomb; daft; dandy; dimwit; dolt; duffer; dumbo; dunce; fat head; fathead; feather head; first class idiot; fool; fop; idiot; imbecile; jack pudding; jackanapes; loony; lout; lunatic; mad; madcap; madman; madwoman; maniac; meathead; mental patient; mentally disabled; mentally disturbed person; mentally ill person; merry Andrew; moron; nerd; nincompoop; ninny; nitwit; numbskull; numskull; nut; nutcase; oaf; prig; prize idiot; rattle brain; rattle-brain; silly man; simple mind; simpleton; stupid
sot Simple Simon; birdbrain; blockhead; buffoon; clown; coxcomb; crazy person; dandy; deranged maniac; dimwit; disturbed person; duffer; duffers; dumbo; dunce; fat head; fathead; feather head; fool; fop; freak; idiot; imbecile; jack pudding; jackanapes; loony; lunatic; madcap; madman; madwoman; maniac; mental patient; mentally disturbed person; mentally ill person; merry Andrew; nerd; nincompoop; ninny; nitwit; numbskull; numskull; nut; oaf; prig; rattle brain; rattle-brain; silly man; simple mind; simpleton; stupid; wacko; weirdo
toqué ass; buffoon; clown; daft; disturbed person; dumbo; fool; idiot; imbecile; loony; lunatic; mad; madcap; madman; madwoman; maniac; mental patient; mentally disabled; mentally disturbed person; mentally ill person; numbskull; nut; nutcase; rattle-brain; silly man; simple mind; simpleton
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- airheaded; cockamamie; cockamamy; dizzy; empty-headed; featherbrained; giddy; goofy; light-headed; lightheaded; pathetic; punch-drunk; ridiculous; sappy; slaphappy; wacky; whacky; zany
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- crazy; dumb; foolish; giggly; scatterbarined; stupid; whacky
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
absurde crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird absurd; excessive; extreme; laughable; ludicrous; mindless; preposterous; ridicule; ridiculous; senseless; useless
brumeux crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; mad; mixed up; muzzy; odd; ridiculous; silly; stupid; weird blurred; foggy; hazy; misty; out of focus; smoky
bête crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird dumb; empty-headed; foolish; infantile; mindless; naive; naïve; not sensible; owlish; senseless; sheepish; simple; stupid; wide-eyed
cinglé crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid
d'une manière imbécile crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid
de mauvais goût bland; corny; dull; feeble; silly; tasteless; vapid; without style tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury
dingue crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird alien; atypical; bizarre; bonkered; bonkers; cracked; crackers; crazy; curious; different; eccentric; exceptional; exotic; foreign; freak; funny; idiosyncratic; loony; madly; noteworthy; nuts; odd; outlandish; peculiar; potty; queer; round the bend; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; strange; unusual
débile crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid helpless; impotent; unable
délirant crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird enormously; fantastic; insane; lunatic; mad; marvellous; marvelous; mentally ill; terrific
dément crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid backward; enormously; fantastic; madly; marvellous; marvelous; mentally deficient; retarded; terrific
dérangé crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid disorderly; disorganised; disorganized; unkempt; untidy
effréné crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid undisciplined; unfettered; ungovernable; unmanageable; unrestrained; unruly
fade bland; corny; dull; feeble; silly; tasteless; vapid; without style abject; bland; boring; cowardly; craven; cringing; deadening; dim; dull; faint; feeble; flat; frail; fusty; pale; saltless; sick; stale; tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury; wan; weak
farfelu crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid madly
folle crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird foolish; irrational; senseless; stupid
follement crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid foolish; irrational; senseless; stupid
fou crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiot; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird atypical; bizarre; bonkers; cracked; crackers; crazy; curious; different; eccentric; enormously; exceptional; fantastic; foolish; freak; idiosyncratic; insane; irrational; keen; loony; lunatic; mad; madly; marvellous; marvelous; mentally disturbed; mentally ill; noteworthy; nuts; odd; peculiar; potty; round the bend; senseless; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; strange; stupid; terrific; unusual; unwise
frénétique crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird thunderous; tumultuous
idiot crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiot; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird as dumb as an ox; as thick as an brick; foolish; insane; irrational; lunatic; mad; mentally ill; owlish; senseless; stupid; unwise
idiotement crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiot; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird
imbécile crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiot; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid backward; demented; empty-headed; feeble-minded; mentally retarded; simple; stupid
insipide bland; corny; dull; feeble; silly; tasteless; vapid; without style abject; bland; boring; cowardly; craven; cringing; deadening; dim; dull; faint; feeble; flat; forbidding; frail; pale; repelling; repulsive; revolting; saltless; sick; stale; tasteless; unappetising; unappetizing; unsavory; unsavoury; wan; weak
loufoque crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid
perturbé crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid
sans goût bland; corny; dull; feeble; silly; tasteless; vapid; without style tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury
sans style bland; corny; dull; feeble; silly; tasteless; vapid; without style
sot crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiot; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird absurd; atypical; bizarre; comic; comical; crazy; curious; different; droll; eccentric; empty-headed; exceptional; farcical; foolish; freak; funny; hilarious; humorous; humourous; idiosyncratic; insane; irrational; laughable; ludicrous; lunatic; mad; mentally disturbed; mentally ill; noteworthy; odd; peculiar; ridicule; ridiculous; senseless; strange; stupid; unusual; unwise
sottement crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up

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Synonyms for "silly":


Related Definitions for "silly":

  1. dazed from or as if from repeated blows1
    • knocked silly by the impact1
  2. inspiring scornful pity1
    • how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years1
  3. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity1
    • silly giggles1
  4. ludicrous, foolish1
    • a silly idea1
  5. a word used for misbehaving children1
    • don't be a silly1

Wiktionary Translations for silly:

silly
adjective
  1. foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom
  2. irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors
  3. playful, giggly
  4. semiconscious
  5. pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined
silly
adjective
  1. ignare, ignorant.
  2. péjoratif|fr Usage du qualificatif idiot, en apposition au substantif qu’il détermine.
  3. Qui est digne de risée ou de moquerie.
  4. Qui frapper de stupeur.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
silly sot mal — blijk gevend van gebrek aan gezond verstand
silly idiot; fou dwaas — onverstandig, gek
silly ridicule affig — töricht in der Handlungsweise oder lächerlich im Erscheinungsbild
silly bêta albern — in unpassender und dummer Art lustig
silly bête blöddumm, einfältig, umgangssprachlich, norddeutsch: doof

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