English-Italian translations for clown

• pagliaccio
  Se la situazione non cambierà, potrebbe essere collegata alla parola "pagliaccio". If the situation does not change, it could be likened to the word 'clown'.
• buffona
• buffone
  Signor Presidente, per me il nostro Parlamento si è comportato da buffone. Mr President, for me our Parliament has been acting the clown.
• clown
• pagliaccia

Definition of clown

• A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig
• A person who acts in a silly fashion
• A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor
• One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel
• To act in a silly or playful fashion

Related words

• clownery
• clownfish
• clowning
• clownish
• clownlike
• clowness
• Clowne
• clown around
• clown world