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# humourous

adjective (humourous) — a misspelling of «humorous»

«humourous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. «Humourous» is a common misspelling of «humorous», which means funny or meant to make people laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humourous/#m1)
2. Some writers use «humourous» by mistake because the UK noun is «humour» with a «u». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humourous/#m2)

### In the lessons

In spelling lessons it is a classic trap: in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland the noun is «humour», but the adjective drops the «u» and is «humorous» everywhere, also in the USA. The meaning, when used, is just «funny». Phrases you will see are really «a humorous story», «humorous poem».

### Examples

- The correct spelling is «humorous», not «humourous». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humourous/#x1)
- She wrote a humorous poem about her cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humourous/#x2)
- My teacher circled «humourous» in red and wrote «humorous». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humourous/#x3)
- British English has «humour», but still «humorous». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humourous/#x4)
- The film was humorous and kind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humourous/#x5)
- A humorous speech makes the audience laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humourous/#x6)

### Note

Not standard English: use «humorous» (UK, USA, Canada, Australia all agree). Same pattern: «vigour» but «vigorous», «glamour» but «glamorous», «labour» but «laborious». A spell checker will mark «humourous» as wrong.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «humourous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humourous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«humourous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/humourous.html) on Mova free.