different between freak vs humor

English

Alternative forms

• freake (obsolete)
• freik, freke, frick (Scotland)

Etymology 1

1560, "sudden change of mind, whim", of uncertain origin. Probably from a dialectal word related to Middle English frekynge (“capricious behaviour; whims”) and Middle English friken, frikien (“to move briskly or nimbly”), from Old English frician (“to leap, dance”), or Middle English frek (“insolent, daring”), from Old English frec (“desirous, greedy, eager, bold, daring”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz, *frakaz (“hard, efficient, greedy, bold, audacious”) (in which case, it would be related to the noun under Etymology 2). Compare Old High German freh (“eager”), Old English fr?cne (“dangerous, daring, courageous, bold”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: fr?k, IPA^(key): /f?i?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

freak (plural freaks)

1. A sudden change of mind

   Synonyms: whim, vagary, caprice, fancy; see also Thesaurus:whim
2. Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.

   Synonyms: anomaly, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
3. A hippie.

   Synonyms: longhair, treehugger
4. A drug addict.

   Synonyms: druggie, user; see also Thesaurus:addict
5. (of a person) A nonconformist, especially in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (e.g., "circus freak"); unique, sometimes in a displeasing way.

   Synonyms: odd duck, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person, Thesaurus:maverick

6. (bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (117.934 kilos).
7. An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.

   Synonyms: fanatic, geek; see also Thesaurus:fan

8. (informal, sometimes endearing) A very sexually perverse individual.

   Synonyms: horn dog, hypersexual, pervert; see also Thesaurus:libidinist

9. (dated) A streak of colour; variegation.

   Synonyms: (birds) superciliary, vein

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

freak (third-person singular simple present freaks, present participle freaking, simple past and past participle freaked)

1. (intransitive) To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
   • 1994, James Earl Hardy, B-Boy Blues: A Seriously Sexy, Fiercely Funny, Black-On-Black Love Story, (Alyson Publishing), page 107

     But after one night turned into five days, I was freaking out. I missed him.

2. (transitive) To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance.
3. (slang, transitive, intransitive) To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug, (especially) to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
4. (transitive, dated) To streak; to variegate
   • 1930, Robert Seymour Bridges, The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books, (Literary Criticism), page 20

     […] in fine diaper of silver and mother-of-pearl freaking the intense azure; Now scurrying close overhead, wild ink-hued random racers that fling sheeted […]

Derived terms

• freak out

Translations

Adjective

freak (not comparable)

1. Strange, weird, unexpected.

   Synonyms: freakish; see also Thesaurus:strange, Thesaurus:lucky

Derived terms

• freak accident

Translations

Further reading

• freak in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• freak in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Etymology 2

From Middle English freke, freike (“a bold man, warrior, man, creature”), from Old English freca (“a bold man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *frekô (“an active or eager man, warrior, wolf”), from *frekaz (“active, bold, desirous, greedy”), from Proto-Indo-European *pereg-, *spereg- (“to shrug, be quick, twitch, splash, blast”). Cognate with Old Norse freki (“greedy or avaricious one, a wolf”), Old High German freh (“eager”), German frech, Old English fr?cne (“dangerous, daring, courageous, bold”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: fr?k, IPA^(key): /f?i?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

freak (plural freaks)

1. A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.
2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A fellow; a petulant young man.

Anagrams

• Kafer, faker

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English freak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frik/, /fri?k/
• Hyphenation: freak
• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

freak m (plural freaks, diminutive freakje n)

1. freak (oddball)
2. freak (dedicated fan)

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?hju?m?/, /?ju?m?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hju?.m?(?)/
• Hyphenation: hu?mor
• Rhymes: -u?m?(?)

Noun

humor (usually uncountable, plural humors)

1. US spelling of humour
   • 1763, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), page 40:

     For some days a fistula lacrymalis had come into my left eye, which discharged an humour, when pressed, that portended danger.

Verb

humor (third-person singular simple present humors, present participle humoring, simple past and past participle humored)

1. US spelling of humour

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on humor
• Wikipedia article on humors
• humor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• humor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• humor at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• mohur

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin h?mor, h?m?rem.

Noun

humor m (plural humores)

1. mood (mental state)
2. humour

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin h?mor, h?m?rem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /u?mo/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /u?mo?/

Noun

humor m (plural humors)

1. humour

Derived terms

• humorós

Related terms

• humit

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??umor]

Noun

humor m

1. humor (US), humour (UK) (source of amusement)

Derived terms

Further reading

• humor in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• humor in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Latin (h)?mor (“fluid”). Doublet of humør (“spirits, mood”). The modern use of this word for mental processes goes back to Ancient and Medieval theories about the four fluids of the body.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu?m?r/, [?hu?m?]

Noun

humor c (singular definite humoren, not used in plural form)

1. humour (amusement and the sense of amusement)

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English humor (US), from Old French humor (“bodily fluid”), from Latin h?mor. See also: humore, humeur, humoor, humoristisch, and humuer.

The meaning of humor as in "a sense of amusement" entered Dutch from the US spelling of humour around ~1839.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ym?r/
• Hyphenation: hu?mor

Noun

humor m (plural humoren or humores)

1. (uncountable) humour (sense of amusement)
2. (countable, archaic) humour (bodily fluid) [from the 15th c.]

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin h?mor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?humor]
• Hyphenation: hu?mor
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

humor (plural humorok)

1. humour, humor

Declension

Derived terms

• humoros

References

Latin

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling of ?mor found in the later Roman Empire, when the letter h had already become silent. See also the related h?midus.

Alternative forms

• ?mor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?hu?.mor/, [?hu?m?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?u.mor/, [?u?m?r]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?.mor/, [?u?m?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?u.mor/, [?u?m?r]

Noun

h?mor m (genitive h?m?ris); third declension

1. liquid, fluid, humour

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?hu.mor/, [?h?m?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?u.mor/, [?u?m?r]

Verb

humor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of hum?

References

• humor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• humor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Noun

humor

1. Alternative form of humour

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin h?mor, via German Humor and English humour or humor

Noun

humor m (definite singular humoren)

1. humour (UK) or humor (US)

Derived terms

• galgenhumor

References

• “humor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin h?mor, via German Humor and English humour or humor

Noun

humor m (definite singular humoren)

1. humor (US) or humour (UK)

Derived terms

• galgenhumor

References

• “humor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• humour (less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin h?mor, h?m?rem.

Noun

humor m or f

1. humor (one of four fluids that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body)

Descendants

• ? Middle English: humour
  • English: humour, humor
  • Scots: humour

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Humor, ultimately from Latin h?mor. See humor for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xu.m?r/

Noun

humor m inan

1. humour
2. mood (mental state)

Declension

Further reading

• humor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese umor, humor, borrowed from Latin h?mor, h?m?rem (“humour, fluid”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /u.?mo?/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.?mo?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.?mo?/

Noun

humor m (plural humores)

1. mood (mental state)

   Synonyms: disposição, espírito, temperamento

2. humour; bodily fluid
3. (historical) humour (one of the four basic bodily fluids in humourism)

   Hyponyms: bile amarela, bile negra, fleuma, sangue

4. humour (quality of being comical)

   Synonyms: comédia, comicidade, graça

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:humor.

Derived terms

Related terms

Romanian

Noun

humor n (plural humoare)

1. Alternative form of umor

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English humor, from Latin h?mor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x?mor/
• Hyphenation: hu?mor

Noun

hùmor m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (uncountable) humor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin h?mor, h?m?rem. Cognate with English humor.

Noun

humor m (plural humores)

1. mood
2. humor

Derived terms

Related terms

Swedish

Etymology

Originally from Latin h?mor (“fluid”), having bodily fluids in good balance, as used in humör (“mood, temper”). The joking sense was derived in England in Shakespeare's time and has been used in Swedish since 1812.

Pronunciation

Noun

humor c

1. humour (a sense of making jokes)

Declension

Related terms

References

• humor, humör in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• humor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)