adj
Meaning 1
Parodical; parodic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
burlesque
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/bə(ɹ)ˈlɛsk/
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CMU ARPABET: B ER0 L EH1 S K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lampoon, travesty
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imitation, caricature
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To make a burlesque parody of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 7
relating to or characteristic of a burlesque
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- burlesque theater
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noun
Meaning 8
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: caricature, imitation, impersonation
noun
Meaning 9
a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: show
verb
Meaning 10
make a parody of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The students spoofed the teachers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spoof, parody
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mock
Narrower terms: travesty
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: burlesc — burlesque
- Finnish: burleski — burlesque
- French: burlesque — burlesque
- German: burlesk — burlesque
- Italian: burlesco — burlesque
- Manx: craidoil — burlesque
- Norwegian Bokmål: burlesk — burlesque
- Norwegian Nynorsk: burlesk — burlesque
- Polish: prześmiewczy — burlesque
- Russian: пародийный (parodijnyj) — burlesque
- Turkish: burlesk — burlesque
- Finnish: burleski — parody
- French: parodie — parody
- Italian: caricatura — parody
- Polish: burleska — parody
- Russian: бурлеск (burlesk) — parody
- Arabic: عَرْض مَسْرَحِيّ هَزْلِيّ (ʕarḍ masraḥiyy hazliyy) — variety adult entertainment show
- Catalan: burlesc — variety adult entertainment show
- Danish: varieté — variety adult entertainment show
- Finnish: burleski — variety adult entertainment show
- Polish: burleska — variety adult entertainment show
- German: Burleske — ludicrous imitation
- Manx: craidaght — ludicrous imitation
- Norwegian: burlesk — ludicrous imitation
- Polish: burleska — ludicrous imitation
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