Definition
to make someone look foolish or ridiculous, or to treat them like a clown.
Etymology
From the prefix 'be-' (meaning to cause or make) combined with 'clown'. This formation became productive in English during the 16th-17th centuries, creating verbs that mean 'to make or cause to be' something (like bedazzle, besmirch).
Kelly Says
The prefix 'be-' is a linguistic superpower—add it to almost any noun and you get a verb meaning 'to cover with' or 'to make into' that thing. Shakespeare loved this trick, and beclown appears in his works as a way to insult pompous actors.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አንድ አይነት ነው
and ay-net ne-w
ARالعربية
يصبح قزّاز
ya-su-b qaz-zaz
BNবাংলা
কুমির হওয়া
kumir ho-wa
CACatalà
vestits
ves-tits
CSČeština
hrát klauna
h-rat kla-u-na
DADansk
gøre en clown
go-re en klo-n
DEDeutsch
zum Clown machen
tsum klo-n ma-ken
ELΕλληνικά
κάνω κλόουν
ka-no klo-un
ESEspañol
hacer el payaso
a-ser el pa-ya-so
FAفارسی
کلاون بازی
kla-oun ba-zi
FISuomi
näytää klovnia
nay-tä klo-vnia
FRFrançais
se déguiser en clown
se deh-gee-zay en klo-n
HEעברית
להיות בדרן
le-heet be-d-ran
HIहिन्दी
मूर्ख बनना
moor-kh ban-na
HUMagyar
bohócnak csinál
bo-hoc-nak ci-sna-l
IDBahasa Indonesia
berpura-pura menjadi badut
ber-pu-ra-pura me-njadi ba-dut
ITItaliano
farsi il clown
far-si il klo-n
JA日本語
道化師になる
do-ka-shi ni-naru
KO한국어
🤡를 하다
klowl-reul ha-da
MRMR
वस्त्रधारी
va-str-dha-ree
MSBahasa Melayu
berpura-pura menjadi badut
ber-pu-ra-pura me-njadi ba-dut
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွန်တော်
kyun-ta-o
NLNederlands
clown spelen
klo-n spe-len
NONorsk
gjøre en klovn
gjo-re en klo-vn
PLPolski
robić z siebie klauna
ro-bić z sie-be-klo-na
PTPortuguês
fazer o palhaço
fa-zer oh pa-lha-so
RORomână
face un clown
fa-ce un klo-n
RUРусский
делать клоуна
de-lat kloun-a
SVSvenska
göra en clown
go-ra en klo-n
TAதமிழ்
கலகலப்பு செய்
ka-la-ka-la-pu sei
TEతెలుగు
కామెడియన్
ka-me-di-yan
THไทย
แต่งเป็นตัวตลก
dang ben tao-talok
TRTürkçe
palyaço yapmak
pal-ya-so yap-mak
UKУкраїнська
грати клоуном
hra-ty klo-no-m
URاردو
مُسْتَخْدِم
mu-stakh-dim
VITiếng Việt
làm hề
lam he
ZUZU
ngibuyelwe
ngi-boo-yel-weh