sarcastic

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• Received-Pronunciation: /sɑːˈkæs.tɪk/
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• US: /sɑɹˈkæs.tɪk/
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• rhymes with -æstɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: S AA0 R K AE1 S T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek σᾰρκᾰ́ζω (sărkắzō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós)der. Late Latin sarcasmus English sarcasm Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -αστής (-astḗs)der. Latin -astabor. English -ast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -astic ▲ Late Latin sarcasmusbor. French sarcasme French sarcastiqueder. English sarcastic Either from sarcasm + -astic or from French sarcastique, from French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmus, ultimately from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sarcasm”), itself from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, literally “meat, flesh”).

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ساخر — Containing sarcasm
• Belarusian: саркасты́чны (sarkastýčny) — Containing sarcasm
• Bulgarian: саркастичен (sarkastičen) — Containing sarcasm
• Catalan: sarcàstic — Containing sarcasm
• Czech: sarkastický — Containing sarcasm
• Dutch: sarcastisch — Containing sarcasm
• Esperanto: sarkasma — Containing sarcasm
• Finnish: sarkastinen — Containing sarcasm
• French: sarcastique — Containing sarcasm
• German: sarkastisch — Containing sarcasm
• Greek: ειρωνικός (eironikós) — Containing sarcasm
• Greek: σαρκαστικός (sarkastikós) — Containing sarcasm
• Ancient Greek: εἰρωνικός (eirōnikós) — Containing sarcasm
• Ancient Greek: σαρκαστικός (sarkastikós) — Containing sarcasm
• Hungarian: gúnyos — Containing sarcasm
• Hungarian: gunyoros — Containing sarcasm
• Hungarian: szarkasztikus — Containing sarcasm
• Indonesian: sarkastis — Containing sarcasm
• Italian: sarcastico — Containing sarcasm
• Latin: nāsūtus — Containing sarcasm
• Latin: dicāculus — Containing sarcasm
• Polish: sarkastyczny — Containing sarcasm
• Portuguese: sarcástico — Containing sarcasm
• Russian: саркасти́ческий (sarkastíčeskij) — Containing sarcasm
• Russian: язви́тельный (jazvítelʹnyj) — Containing sarcasm
• Scottish Gaelic: sgaiteach — Containing sarcasm
• Spanish: sarcástico — Containing sarcasm
• Swedish: sarkastisk — Containing sarcasm
• Tagalog: mapanuya — Containing sarcasm
• Turkish: alaycı — Containing sarcasm
• Turkish: müstehzi — Containing sarcasm
• Ukrainian: саркасти́чний (sarkastýčnyj) — Containing sarcasm
• Catalan: sarcàstic — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Chinese Cantonese: 串 (cyun3) — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Dutch: sarcastisch — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Esperanto: sarkasmema — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Finnish: sarkastinen — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• French: sarcastique — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• German: sarkastisch — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Greek: σαρκαστικός (sarkastikós) — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Greek: ειρωνικός (eironikós) — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Hungarian: szarkasztikus — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Italian: sarcastico — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Latin: nāsūtus — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Latin: dicax — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Polish: sarkastyczny — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Portuguese: sarcástico — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Russian: саркасти́чный (sarkastíčnyj) — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Scottish Gaelic: sgaiteach — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Spanish: sarcástico — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Swedish: sarkastisk — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Tagalog: mapanuya — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Turkish: alaycı — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm
• Turkish: müstehzi — Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm