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private joke

French, noun/pʁaj.vɛt dʒok/

private joke is a French feminine noun meaning “a private joke, an in-joke: a piece of humour understood only by a group of people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Blague privée, farce privée, blague d’initiés, c’est-à-dire qui n’est compréhensible que par ces derniers”.

What does private joke mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinea private joke, an in-joke: a piece of humour understood only by a group of people

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Blague privée, farce privée, blague d’initiés, c’est-à-dire qui n’est compréhensible que par ces derniers.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of private joke

  • private jokes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce private joke?

  • /pʁaj.vɛt dʒok/
  • \pʁaj.vɛt dʒok\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.