clown

clown

Artiste qui fait rire, souvent avec des vêtements inhabituels et le visage maquillé.

En anglais simple : A performer who makes people laugh, often wearing unusual clothes and face paint.

• The clown made us laugh.
• Two clowns performed tricks at the circus.
• My sister dressed as a clown for the party.

Expressions courantes : circus clown, clown costume, clown face

pitre, clown

Personne qui fait des bêtises ou des gestes ridicules, souvent pour faire rire les autres.

En anglais simple : Someone who behaves in a silly way, often to make other people laugh.

• Stop being such a clown.
• He was the class clown at school.
• Those clowns never take their work seriously.

Synonymes : joker, fool

Expressions courantes : class clown, act the clown, complete clown

faire le pitre

Faire des bêtises ou agir de façon ridicule, souvent pour faire rire.

En anglais simple : To behave in a silly way, often to make people laugh.

• Stop clowning around.
• He clowned about to cheer us up.
• They were clowning when the teacher arrived.

Comment l'utiliser : clown around (The children were clowning around in the kitchen.)

Synonymes : fool around, mess around

Expressions courantes : clown around, clown about