Meanings
plural April Fools' Days · alternative April Fool's Day
- The first day in April, when tricks and practical jokes are traditionally played
(Scottish)
Synonyms: All Fools' Day, Gowkie Day, hunting the gowke, hunt-the-gowk, Huntigowk
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe first day in April, when tricks and practical jokes are traditionally played
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic يَوْم كَذْبَة أَبْرِيل
- يَوْم كَذْبَة أَبْرِيل (yawm kaḏba ʔabrīl)First day of April
Chinese Cantonese 愚人節 /愚人节
- 愚人節 /愚人节 (jyu⁴ jan⁴ zit³)First day of April
Chinese Mandarin 愚人節 /愚人节
- 愚人節 /愚人节 (Yúrénjié)First day of April
Czech apríl
- aprílFirst day of April
Dutch één april
- één aprilFirst day of April
Esperanto Ŝercotago
- ŜercotagoFirst day of April
Finnish aprillipäivä
- aprillipäiväFirst day of April
French premier avril, poisson d'avril
- premier avrilFirst day of April
- poisson d'avrilFirst day of April
German der erste April
- der erste AprilFirst day of April
Greek πρωταπριλιά
- πρωταπριλιά (protapriliá)First day of April
Hebrew אחד באפריל
- אחד באפריל (ekhád be'apríl)First day of April
Hindi अप्रैल फ़ूल दिवस
- अप्रैल फ़ूल दिवस (aprail fūl divas)First day of April
Hungarian bolondok napja, április bolondja
- bolondok napjaFirst day of April
- április bolondjaFirst day of April
Indonesian April Mop
- April MopFirst day of April
Irish Lá Aibreáin, Lá na nAmadán
- Lá AibreáinFirst day of April
- Lá na nAmadánFirst day of April
Japanese エイプリルフール, 四月馬鹿
- エイプリルフール (Eipuriru-fūru)First day of April
- 四月馬鹿 (shigatsu baka)First day of April
- ４月馬鹿 (shigatsu baka)First day of April
Korean 만우절
- 만우절 (manujeol)First day of April
Persian دروغ اول آوریل
- دروغ اول آوریل (doruġ-e avval-e âvril)First day of April
Polish prima aprilis
- prima aprilisFirst day of April
Portuguese primeiro de abril, Dia da Mentira
- primeiro de abrilFirst day of April
- Dia da MentiraFirst day of April
Russian пе́рвое апре́ля, День дурака́
- пе́рвое апре́ля (pérvoje aprélja)First day of April
- День дурака́ (Denʹ duraká)First day of April
- День сме́ха (Denʹ sméxa)First day of April
- День весёлых обма́нов (Denʹ vesjólyx obmánov)First day of April
Scottish Gaelic Là nan Amadan, Là na Gogaireachd
- Là nan AmadanFirst day of April
- Là na GogaireachdFirst day of April
Spanish pescado de abril, día de los inocentes de abril
- pescado de abrilFirst day of April
- día de los inocentes de abrilFirst day of April
Swedish första april
- första aprilFirst day of April
Thai เมษาหน้าโง่, วันเมษาหน้าโง่
- เมษาหน้าโง่First day of April
- วันเมษาหน้าโง่First day of April
- วันโกหกFirst day of April
Turkish 1 Nisan Şaka Günü, 1 Nisan Şakası
- 1 Nisan Şaka GünüFirst day of April
- 1 Nisan ŞakasıFirst day of April
- Bir NisanFirst day of April
Ukrainian День cміху
- День cміху (den' smixu)First day of April
Vietnamese cá tháng tư
- cá tháng tưFirst day of April
Cite this entry
April Fools' Day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/April%20Fools'%20Day
“April Fools' Day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/April%20Fools'%20Day. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “April Fools' Day,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/April%20Fools'%20Day.
Source: April Fools' Day on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.