Meaning of "fool" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FOOL

From Old French fol mad person, from Late Latin follis empty-headed fellow, from Latin: bellows; related to Latin flāre to blow.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FOOL

fool  [fuːl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOOL

Fool is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb fool in English.

WHAT DOES FOOL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fool

Fool, The Fool, or Fools may refer to: ▪ Foolishness, the quality of having poor judgement or little intelligence ▪ A jester, a clown, a harlequin, a bouffon ▪ Fool, in literature and folklore ▪ Shakespearean fool, an archetypal character in numerous works by Shakespeare...

Definition of fool in the English dictionary

The first definition of fool in the dictionary is a person who lacks sense or judgement. Other definition of fool is a person who is made to appear ridiculous. Fool is also a professional jester living in a royal or noble household.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FOOL

PRESENT

Present

I fool

you fool

he/she/it fools

we fool

you fool

they fool

Present continuous

I am fooling

you are fooling

he/she/it is fooling

we are fooling

you are fooling

they are fooling

Present perfect

I have fooled

you have fooled

he/she/it has fooled

we have fooled

you have fooled

they have fooled

Present perfect continuous

I have been fooling

you have been fooling

he/she/it has been fooling

we have been fooling

you have been fooling

they have been fooling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I fooled

you fooled

he/she/it fooled

we fooled

you fooled

they fooled

Past continuous

I was fooling

you were fooling

he/she/it was fooling

we were fooling

you were fooling

they were fooling

Past perfect

I had fooled

you had fooled

he/she/it had fooled

we had fooled

you had fooled

they had fooled

Past perfect continuous

I had been fooling

you had been fooling

he/she/it had been fooling

we had been fooling

you had been fooling

they had been fooling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will fool

you will fool

he/she/it will fool

we will fool

you will fool

they will fool

Future continuous

I will be fooling

you will be fooling

he/she/it will be fooling

we will be fooling

you will be fooling

they will be fooling

Future perfect

I will have fooled

you will have fooled

he/she/it will have fooled

we will have fooled

you will have fooled

they will have fooled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been fooling

you will have been fooling

he/she/it will have been fooling

we will have been fooling

you will have been fooling

they will have been fooling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would fool

you would fool

he/she/it would fool

we would fool

you would fool

they would fool

Conditional continuous

I would be fooling

you would be fooling

he/she/it would be fooling

we would be fooling

you would be fooling

they would be fooling

Conditional perfect

I would have fool

you would have fool

he/she/it would have fool

we would have fool

you would have fool

they would have fool

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been fooling

you would have been fooling

he/she/it would have been fooling

we would have been fooling

you would have been fooling

they would have been fooling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you fool
we let´s fool
you fool

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to fool

Past participle

fooled

Present Participle

fooling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FOOL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fool» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of fool

ass · bamboozle · beguile · berk · blockhead · bluff · bogan · bonehead · bozo · buffoon · butt · charlie · cheat · chump · clod · clodpate · clot · clown · comic · con · coot · cretin · deceive · delude · dickhead · dimwit · dipstick · divvy · dolt · doofus · dope · dork · dullard · dumb-ass · dumbo · dummy · dunce · dunderhead · dupe · dweeb · easy mark · eejit · fall guy · fathead · fuckwit · geek · git · gobshite · gonzo · goose · greenhorn · gull · halfwit · harlequin · hoax · hoodwink · idiot · ignoramus · illiterate · imbecile · jackass · jerk · jester · kid · lamebrain · laughing stock · loon · merry-andrew · mislead · mooncalf · moron · motley · mug · nincompoop · ninny · nit · nitwit · numpty · oaf · pea-brain · pillock · plank · plonker · prat · prick · pushover · put one over on · putz · sap · scam · schlep · schmuck · silly · simpleton · stiff · stooge · sucker · swindle · take for a ride · take in · thickhead · thicko · trick · twit · wally · weenie

TRANSLATION OF FOOL

Find out the translation of fool to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of fool from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fool» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 傻瓜
• Translator English - Spanish: tonto
• English: fool
• Translator English - Hindi: मूर्ख
• Translator English - Arabic: مُغَفَّل
• Translator English - Russian: дурак
• Translator English - Portuguese: bobo
• Translator English - Bengali: মূর্খ
• Translator English - French: idiot
• Translator English - Malay: Bodoh
• Translator English - German: Narr
• Translator English - Japanese: ばか者
• Translator English - Korean: 바보
• Translator English - Javanese: Wong bodho
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đồ ngốc
• Translator English - Tamil: முட்டாளாக்க
• Translator English - Marathi: मूर्ख
• Translator English - Turkish: aptal
• Translator English - Italian: buffone
• Translator English - Polish: głupiec
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дурень
• Translator English - Romanian: prost
• Translator English - Greek: κορόιδο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gek
• Translator English - Swedish: dumbom
• Translator English - Norwegian: dust

10 QUOTES WITH «FOOL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fool.

1

Franklin Pierce Adams

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

2

Riz Ahmed

I like the idea of being caught between things, always being a bit of an outsider, having an outside eye on things - almost like a Shakespearean fool.

3

Harry Anderson

Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.

4

Julie Andrews

I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.

5

J. G. Ballard

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

6

Adam Beach

I was in high school. A couple of my friends and I decided we had to be in a class together where we could fool around, and drama was it because we'd do improvs, beating each other up. They left a year later, and I stayed in and got a knack for it, and enjoyed the whole process.

7

William Blake

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

8

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

9

Gerald Brenan

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

10

Maria Callas

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had no young friends. I wish I could go back to those days. If I could only live it all again, how I would play and enjoy other girls. What a fool I was.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOL»

Discover the use of fool in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fool and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Fool: A Novel

Pocket, King Lear's fool, sets out to straighten out the mess the mad king has made of the kingdom and the royal family, only to discover the truth about his own heritage.

Christopher Moore, 2009

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A guide to personal finance in uncertain economic times provides advice on how to develop a customized appraoch to handling money, covering everything from investment and savings to spending, insurance, and estate planning.

David Gardner, Tom Gardner, 2003

Fool: a novel

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Frederick G. Dillen, 1999

Golden Fool: The Tawny Man Trilogy

Robin Hobb’s books are diamonds in a sea of zircons.”—George R. R. Martin “[Robin Hobb] ranks near the top of the high fantasy field. . . . [She] juggles all the balls with aplomb, besides providing spot-on characterizations ...

Robin Hobb, 2003

Fool for Love

Winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production.

Sam Shepard, 1984

Gimpel the Fool: And Other Stories

Gimpel and the protagonists of the other stories in this volume all inhabit the distinctive pre–World War II ghettos of Poland and, beyond that, the larger world created by Singer’s unforgettable prose.

Isaac Bashevis Singer, 2006

Master and Fool

The Known Lands are teetering on the brink of war.

J. V. Jones, 2000

Fool Moon: Book two of The Dresden Files

Could a werewolf be loose in Chicago? Common sense says no. The grisly evidence says yes. So does Harry Dresden. And with his weird connections, he should know.

Jim Butcher, 2001

Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America

Reveals how social and policy changes are failing to support scientific research in such key areas as climate change, energy and genetics, counseling readers on how to overcome such challenges as political denials and a lack of scientific ...

Shawn Lawrence Otto, 2011

The Thief, the fool and the big Fat King

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Terry Deary, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOOL»

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