funny

funny
funny [ˈfʌnɪ]
1. adjective
   a. ( = amusing) [person, story, film] drôle ; [voice, walk] comique
• it's not funny ça n'a rien de drôle
• what's so funny? qu'est-ce qu'il y a de drôle ?
• to see the funny side of sth voir le côté amusant de qch
   b. ( = strange) (inf) drôle
• he's funny that way il est bizarre pour ça
• the meat tastes funny la viande a un drôle de goût
• a funny idea une drôle d'idée
• to feel funny ( = ill) se sentir tout drôle
• I have a funny feeling I'm going to regret this j'ai comme l'impression que je vais le regretter
• funny you should say that c'est drôle que vous disiez cela
• it's a funny old world c'est tout de même bizarre
   c. ( = fishy) (inf) louche (inf)
• funny business magouilles (inf) fpl
• don't try anything funny! (inf) ne fais pas le malin (or la maligne) !
2. compounds
► funny bone (inf) noun petit juif (inf) m
► funny farm (inf) noun maison f de fous
► funny money (inf) noun
( = large amount) sommes fpl astronomiques
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['fʌnɪ] 1.
adjective (amusing) drôle; (odd) bizarre

it's funny that she hasn't phoned — c'est drôle or bizarre qu'elle n'ait pas appelé

to feel funny — (colloq) se sentir tout/-e chose (colloq)

2.
adverb (colloq) [walk, talk, act] bizarrement, drôlement
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funny peculiar or funny ha-ha? — drôle-bizarre ou drôle-amusant?


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