• French: blagueur, farceur
• German: Spaßvogel
• Irish: cleasaí
• Kurdish:
• Maltese: buffu , buffa , ċajtier , ċajtiera
• Russian: шутник (šutník)
• Serbian: vragolan, šutnik, šaljivac
• Spanish: bufón , hazmerreír , guazón , bromista m|f, chistoso , humorista m|f

See fool''

Related terms

• joke

See also

• Wikipedia article on jokers (jesters)
• Wikipedia article on the joker (playing card)
• Wikipedia article on the Joker in Batman

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒɔ.kɛʁ/
• SAMPA: /ZO.kER/

Noun

joker m

1. joker (playing card)

Joker may refer to:

• Jester
• Joker (playing card), a card found in most modern decks of playing cards
• Joker (comics), Batman's archenemy
• "Joker" (pricing game), a segment on the game show The Price Is Right
• Joker (wrestler), an American professional wrestler

In music:

• "The Joker (That's What They Call Me)", a 1957 song
• The Joker (album), an album by The Steve Miller Band
  • "The Joker" (song), a song from the album
• "The Joker" (musical song), a song from the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd, also performed by Gina Riley as the opening theme of the Australian sitcom Kath & Kim

In other characters:

• Mr. Joker, a fictional character in the Japanese novel series Read or Die
• Joker (Flame of Recca), a fictional character from the series Flame of Recca
• Joker, a fictional character from J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
• Joker, a fictional character from Kamen Rider Blade
• Joker, a fictional character from Robotto Keiji
• Jokers, a race of super-beings in Terry Pratchett's novel The Dark Side of the Sun
• Joker, a fictional character from the Harold Robbins novel 79 Park Avenue
• The Joker, a fictional character in the video game Fighters Destiny
• Joker, a wild card for players of the TV quiz show The Joker's Wild
• Joker, the lead character in the film Full Metal Jacket
• Joker, a fictional character in the video game Mass Effect

Joker may also be used for:

• The Joker, Joe Randa's nickname
• The Joker, Joe Shansi's nickname

See also

• "Jokester" (short story), a story by Isaac Asimov

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