English → Latin
“fun” in Latin
iocusa joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sportlūdusa school, especially a primary school; game, sport, play; public spectacle, games, stage plays/productionslūdōto play (a game or sport); to frolic, behave playfully; to practice, amuse oneself withioculārisfunny, jocular, amusing; facetious, laughable, drollrīdiculuslaughable, funny, amusing, humorous; laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculousiocorto joke, jest; to play
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fun
jocus: ludus (amusement). (The words are found in this connection and order.) ludus et jocus: res ridicula (laughable thing, occurrence). “Fun” is often best translated by the plur., ludi, joca or jocularia; ridicula (ludicrous speeches and actions). In fun (opposed to in earliest) [Vid: “in JOKE”]. To say anything in fun, jocari aliquid; dicere aliquid per jocum (for a joke): it was only my fun, jocabar: to make fun of anything, jocari de aliqua re; aliquid in ludibrium vertere, with accusative (e.g., religion, res divinas in ludibria vertere, after Tac., Ann., 12, 26, 2): to be full fun, jocularia fundere, ridicula jactitare (to be cutting jokes; at a given time; both Liv., 7, 2): to make fun of anybody, aliquem ludibrio habere; aliquem ludos facere (comedy); putare sibi aliquem pro deridiculo et delectamento; alludere alicui (if with words; e.g., Trebatio, Quint., 3, 11, 18).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fun?
- The usual Latin words for “fun” are iocus, lūdus, lūdō; also ioculāris, rīdiculus, iocor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.