harlequin
11Harlequin — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Harlequin », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Harlequin, maison d édition spécialisée dans …
12harlequin — /ˈhaləkwən/ (say hahluhkwuhn), / kwɪn/ (say kwin) noun 1. a buffoon. 2. any of various small, handsomely marked snakes. 3. → harlequin opal. –adjective 4. fancifully varied in colour, decoration, etc.: a harlequin pattern. 5. comprising a number… …
13Harlequin — In European folklore, a GOBLIN figure whose name is sometimes synonymous with SATAN or the DEVIL. The origin of the name Harlequin is uncertain, and it has many variations of spellings, including erlequin, herlekin, hierlekin, hellequin,… …
14Harlequin — Harlekin mit Maske Der Harlekin, von italienisch Arlecchino, der wiederum auf den noch älteren altfranzösischen ((H)arlekin, (H)erlekin, (H)ellequin, Harlequin u.ä.) aus dem 12. Jahrhundert zurückgeht, ist eine der Dienerfiguren aus der Commedia… …
15harlequin — 1. noun /ˈhɑrləˌkwɪn/ a pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered clothes ... were certainly the worst and dullest company into which an audience was ever introduced; and (which was a secret known to few) were actually intended so to be, in… …
16harlequin — har|le|quin1 [ˈha:lıkwın US ˈha:r ] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Italian; Origin: arlecchino, from early French Helquin name of an evil spirit] a character in some traditional plays who wears brightly coloured clothes and plays tricks harlequin 2… …
17harlequin — [16] Harlequin, a brightly clad character in the Italian commedia dell’arte, has a murky history. He seems to have originated in a mythical figure known in Old French as Herlequin or Hellequin, who was the leader of a ghostly troop of horsemen… …
18harlequin — [[t]hɑ͟ː(r)lɪkwɪn[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n You use harlequin to describe something that has a lot of different colours, often in a diamond pattern. [WRITTEN] ...the striking harlequin floor …
19harlequin — UK [ˈhɑː(r)ləˌkwɪn] / US [ˈhɑrləkwɪn] / US [ˈhɑrləkɪn] noun [countable] Word forms harlequin : singular harlequin plural harlequins a character in traditional plays or stories who wears clothes with a pattern of different colours, usually in… …
20harlequin — [16] Harlequin, a brightly clad character in the Italian commedia dell’arte, has a murky history. He seems to have originated in a mythical figure known in Old French as Herlequin or Hellequin, who was the leader of a ghostly troop of horsemen… …
