April fool

April-fool English en :af April fool Pronunciation en En-us-April fool.oga US Noun A person subjected to a practical joke on April Fools' Day. en May gosling en 1785 Francis Grose A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, http://books.google.com/books?id=RyVKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%22April+fool 4 APRIL FOOL, Any one imposed on, or sent on a bootless errand on the first of April, on which day it is the custom among the lower people, children, and servants, by dropping empty papers carefully doubled up, sending persons on absurd messages, and such like contrivances, to impose on every one they can, and then to salute them with the title of April-fool. A practical joke played on April Fools' Day. en 2012 Benedict le Vay Ben Le Vay's Eccentric Britain 14 The best April fool ever perpetrated was 1 April 1698 and made a laughing stock of the gentry of London, great numbers of whom turned up in their carriages and finery at the Tower of London to 'see the lions being washed' as instructed on their gilt-edged invitation cards. Usage notes Often used as an exclamation upon revealing the joke. Synonyms person en gowk Scottish Derived terms en April fooler,April Fooler April-fooling April Fools' Day April-fool Translations practical joke played on April Fools' Day Arabic: ar كِذْبَةُ أَبْرِيل f Breton: br pesk-Ebrel m Danish: da aprilsnar c Dutch: nl aprilgrap, nl aprilvis m, nl 1 aprilgrap m Esperanto: eo aprila ŝerco Finnish: fi aprillipila French: fr poisson d'avril m Galician: gl inocentada f German: de Aprilscherz Greek: el πρωταπριλιά f Hebrew: he אחד באפריל ekhad bi-april Ido: io Aprilatrapo Italian: it pesce d'aprile Japanese: ja エイプリルフール eipurirufūru Luxembourgish: lb Abrëllsgeck m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb aprilsnarr, nb aprilspøk Nynorsk: nn aprilnarr, nn aprilspøk Polish: pl prank primaaprilisowy m Portuguese: pt peixe de abril m, pt primeiro de abril m Russian: ru первоапре́льская шу́тка f Spanish: es inocentada f Swedish: sv aprilskämt n Ukrainian: uk прі́ма апрі́ліс person subjected to a practical joke April Fools' Day Dutch: nl aprilvis Finnish: fi aprillinarri Galician: gl inocente m f German: Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Apprėllßjëk Ido: io Aprilatrapito Irish: ga amadán Aibreáin m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb aprilsnarr m, nb aprilspøk m Nynorsk: nn aprilnarr m, nn aprilspøk m Turkish: tr bir nisan şakası Welsh: cy Ffwl Ebrill en People