Translation for 'silly' from English to French

silly

bête {adj}

sot {adj}

niais {adj}

nigaud {adj}

bouffon {adj}

gnangnan {adj} [fam.]

idiot {adj} {adv} [personne]

stupide {adj} {adv} [question]

ridicule {adj} {adv} [vêtements]

gourde {adj} [fam.] [stupide]

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silly [coll.]

neuneu {adj} [fam.] [niais, un peu bête]

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(silly) twit [coll.] [Br.]

nigaud {m}

silly blunder

ânerie {f} [action]

silly nonsense

niaiserie {f}

silly remark

sottise {f} [parole]

ânerie {f} [parole]

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to be bored silly [idiom]

être assommé [loc.]

to be worried silly [idiom]

être malade d'inquiétude [loc.]

to do silly things­

faire des âneries

to do something silly

faire une sottise

to drink oneself silly

s'abrutir d'alcool

to laugh oneself silly [coll.]

se tordre de rire

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He's not afraid of looking silly.

Il ne craint pas de paraître ridicule.

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to be silly enough to do sth.

avoir la sottise de faire qc.

to get up to some silly things­

faire des chichis [fam.]

to have a silly smile on one's face [idiom]

sourire aux anges [loc.]

• In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a family in Yorkshire street in Metro Detroit put up signs, which designated the sidewalk in front of their house as "The Jurisdiction of The Ministry of Silly Walks" and encouraged people to do a silly walk.
• Because of its similarity to the English slang word "arsehole" (in common use outside North America), the name "arsole" has been considered a target of fun, a "silly name", and one of several chemical compounds with an unusual name.
• In the original scripts, Alf was to refer to his wife as a "silly cow".
• The vocal text given to the motif is "silly fellow, silly fellow, is against me".
• The sign is based on a character from Monty Python's "Ministry of Silly Walks" sketch, and instructs pedestrians to cross the street in a silly manner.

• At the southwest of Greenland, a scientist from the fictional country of New Swissland (with a foreign culture where everyone has a silly name) named Professor Pippy P.
• Also the bowler, after delivering the ball, must avoid running on the pitch so usually ends up fielding near silly mid on or silly mid off, but somewhat closer to the pitch.
• The point of these examples is that an initial po may seem silly, but a further development may seem very good indeed.
• Laurie later apologised over the incident saying "Silly by me, silly mistake, but I am really sorry for it".
• The 2001 children's book "Take Me Out of the Bathtub and other Silly Dilly Songs" by Alan Katz and David Catrow, featuring silly words to well-known tunes, recast the end of the chorus as "I used one, two, three bars of soap.

• When used with the word 'silly' however, as in 'Silly prick!' the word has continued to be viewed as fairly inoffensive.
• Sussex is sometimes referred to as 'Silly Sussex', for silly is a corruption of Old Saxon "saelig" meaning 'holy'.
• Entertainment Weekly wrote that it "subverts multimedia conventions and good taste with equally silly vigor".
• Silly Billy was a billy goat called Brian that was being a bit silly one day. The farmer who owned him called Tom told everyone he had a silly billy in his farm and then the phrase caught on.
• As the boke, Taka is prone to silly comments, while Toshi is the more reasonable of the two, often criticizing Taka's remarks, shooting tsukkomi saying "such-and-such ka!

• After the Edison Chen photo scandal, Gillian Chung made a statement during her first public appearance on February 11, 2008, to respond and apologize to the public for being naive and silly.
• "Silly Songs with Larry" is an album released by Big Idea on September 18, 2001. It features all the silly songs ever made up until "Lyle the Kindly Viking".
• and pulls a silly face. If the contestant chooses a certain, prize-winning option, Vic will pull another silly face and say "ERANU" [...] The prize is invariably a bizarre and practically useless device.