harlekiini — meaning in English

English meaning

• harlequin noun A comic pantomime character traditionally dressed in a diamond-patterned, multicoloured costume.

Senses

harlekiini is used for these senses in English:

• broadbill Any of several small passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae (Asian and Grauer's broadbills) or Calyptomenidae (African and green broadbills).
• harlequin A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.

harlequin — full definition

1. noun A comic pantomime character traditionally dressed in a diamond-patterned, multicoloured costume.
2. adj Brightly coloured in an irregular, patchwork pattern, like a harlequin's costume.

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