Standard Lemma guide

parody

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹədi/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈpaɹədɪj/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈpæɹədi/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈpɛɹədi/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • Scotland: /ˈpaɾəde/
  • Scotland: /-dɪ/
  • Scotland: /-di/
  • Wales: /ˈpaɾədi/
  • homophone: parity (flapping, weak vowel merger)
  • CMU ARPABET: P EH1 R AH0 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To make a parody of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

humorous or satirical mimicry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mockery, takeoff

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: apery, mimicry

5

noun

Meaning 5

a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: caricature, imitation, impersonation

6

verb

Meaning 6

make a parody of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The students spoofed the teachers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spoof, burlesque

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mock

Narrower terms: travesty

7

verb

Meaning 7

make a spoof of or make fun of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: act, play, represent

History

Etymology

From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: parodi — expression making fun of something else
  • Arabic: مُحَاكَاة سَاخِرَة (muḥākāh sāḵira) — expression making fun of something else
  • Armenian: պարոդիա (parodia) — expression making fun of something else
  • Azerbaijani: parodiya — expression making fun of something else
  • Basque: parodia — expression making fun of something else
  • Belarusian: паро́дыя (paródyja) — expression making fun of something else
  • Bulgarian: паро́дия (paródija) — expression making fun of something else
  • Catalan: paròdia — expression making fun of something else
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戲仿 /戏仿 (xìfǎng) — expression making fun of something else
  • Chinese Mandarin: 諧仿 /谐仿 (xiéfǎng) — expression making fun of something else
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反串 (fǎnchuàn) — expression making fun of something else
  • Chinese Mandarin: 惡搞 /恶搞 (ègǎo) — expression making fun of something else
  • Czech: parodie — expression making fun of something else
  • Danish: parodi — expression making fun of something else
  • Dutch: parodie — expression making fun of something else
  • Esperanto: parodio — expression making fun of something else
  • Estonian: paroodia — expression making fun of something else
  • Finnish: parodia — expression making fun of something else
  • French: parodie — expression making fun of something else
  • Galician: parodia — expression making fun of something else
  • Georgian: პაროდია (ṗarodia) — expression making fun of something else
  • German: Parodie — expression making fun of something else
  • Greek: παρωδία (parodía) — expression making fun of something else
  • Hebrew: פָּרוֹדְיָה (paródya) — expression making fun of something else
  • Hindi: व्यंग्य (vyaṅgya) — expression making fun of something else
  • Hindi: हास्यानुकृति (hāsyānukŕti) — expression making fun of something else
  • Hindi: भड़ौआ (bhaṛauā) — expression making fun of something else
  • Hungarian: paródia — expression making fun of something else
  • Icelandic: skopstæling — expression making fun of something else
  • Ido: parodio — expression making fun of something else
  • Indonesian: parodi — expression making fun of something else
  • Japanese: パロディ (parodi) — expression making fun of something else
  • Kazakh: пародия (parodiä) — expression making fun of something else
  • Korean: 패러디 (paereodi) — expression making fun of something else
  • Kyrgyz: пародия (parodiya) — expression making fun of something else
  • Latvian: parodija — expression making fun of something else
  • Lithuanian: parodija — expression making fun of something else
  • Macedonian: пародија (parodija) — expression making fun of something else
  • Norwegian Bokmål: parodi — expression making fun of something else
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: parodi — expression making fun of something else
  • Occitan: parodia — expression making fun of something else
  • Polish: parodia — expression making fun of something else
  • Portuguese: paródia — expression making fun of something else
  • Romanian: parodie — expression making fun of something else
  • Russian: паро́дия (paródija) — expression making fun of something else
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̀ро̄дија — expression making fun of something else
  • Serbo-Croatian: pàrōdija — expression making fun of something else
  • Slovak: paródia — expression making fun of something else
  • Slovene: parodija — expression making fun of something else
  • Spanish: parodia — expression making fun of something else
  • Swedish: parodi — expression making fun of something else
  • Tagalog: gayambalbal — expression making fun of something else
  • Tajik: пародия (parodiya) — expression making fun of something else
  • Turkish: parodi — expression making fun of something else
  • Ukrainian: паро́дія (paródija) — expression making fun of something else
  • Uzbek: parodiya — expression making fun of something else
  • Yiddish: פּאַראָדיע (parodye) — expression making fun of something else
  • Bulgarian: пародирам (parodiram) — to make a parody of something
  • Catalan: parodiar — to make a parody of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戲仿 /戏仿 (xìfǎng) — to make a parody of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 諧仿 /谐仿 (xiéfǎng) — to make a parody of something
  • Czech: parodovat — to make a parody of something
  • Danish: parodiere — to make a parody of something
  • Dutch: parodiëren — to make a parody of something
  • Esperanto: parodii — to make a parody of something
  • Finnish: parodioida — to make a parody of something
  • French: parodier — to make a parody of something
  • Galician: parodiar — to make a parody of something
  • German: parodieren — to make a parody of something
  • Greek: παρωδώ (parodó) — to make a parody of something
  • Ancient Greek: παρῳδῶ (parōidô) — to make a parody of something
  • Hungarian: parodizál — to make a parody of something
  • Hungarian: kifiguráz — to make a parody of something
  • Italian: parodiare — to make a parody of something
  • Polish: parodiować — to make a parody of something
  • Portuguese: parodiar — to make a parody of something
  • Russian: пароди́ровать (parodírovatʹ) — to make a parody of something
  • Russian: спароди́ровать (sparodírovatʹ) — to make a parody of something
  • Spanish: parodiar — to make a parody of something
  • Swedish: parodiera — to make a parody of something
  • Thai: ล้อเลียน (lɔ́ɔ-liian) — to make a parody of something
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