satire

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• General-American: /ˈsætaɪɹ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsætaɪə/
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From Middle French satire, from Old French, from Latin satira, from earlier satura, from lanx satura (“full dish”), from feminine of satur. Altered in Latin by influence of Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos, “satyr”), on the mistaken notion that the form is related to the Greek σατυρικὸν δράμα (saturikòn dráma, “satyr drama”).

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: satire — literary technique
• Albanian: satirë — literary technique
• Arabic: هِجَاء (hijāʔ) — literary technique
• Arabic: هَجْو (hajw) — literary technique
• Armenian: երգիծանք (ergicankʻ) — literary technique
• Armenian: երգիծաբանություն (ergicabanutʻyun) — literary technique
• Azerbaijani: satira — literary technique
• Azerbaijani: həcv — literary technique
• Azerbaijani: gülgü — literary technique
• Belarusian: саты́ра (satýra) — literary technique
• Bulgarian: са́тира (sátira) — literary technique
• Burmese: သရော်စာ (sa.rauca) — literary technique
• Catalan: sàtira — literary technique
• Chinese Cantonese: 諷刺 /讽刺 (fung3 ci3) — literary technique
• Chinese: 諷刺 /讽刺 (zh-min-nan) — literary technique
• Chinese Mandarin: 諷刺 /讽刺 (fěngcì) — literary technique
• Czech: satira — literary technique
• Danish: satire — literary technique
• Dutch: satire — literary technique
• Esperanto: satiro — literary technique
• Estonian: satiir — literary technique
• Finnish: satiiri — literary technique
• French: satire — literary technique
• Georgian: სატირა (saṭira) — literary technique
• German: Satire — literary technique
• Greek: σάτιρα (sátira) — literary technique
• Haitian Creole: satir — literary technique
• Hebrew: סָטִירָה \ סאטירה (satíra) — literary technique
• Hindi: कटूपहास (kaṭūphās) — literary technique
• Hindi: उपसाह (upsāh) — literary technique
• Hindi: व्यंग (vyaṅg) — literary technique
• Hungarian: szatíra — literary technique
• Icelandic: satíra — literary technique
• Icelandic: háðsádeila — literary technique
• Irish: aoir — literary technique
• Italian: satira — literary technique
• Italian: satirica — literary technique
• Japanese: 風刺 (fūshi) — literary technique
• Japanese: 皮肉 (hiniku) — literary technique
• Kazakh: сатира (satira) — literary technique
• Kazakh: сықақ (syqaq) — literary technique
• Korean: 풍자 (pungja) — literary technique
• Kyrgyz: сатира (satira) — literary technique
• Latvian: satīra — literary technique
• Lithuanian: satyra — literary technique
• Macedonian: сатира (satira) — literary technique
• Malay: satira — literary technique
• Māori: kōrero whakarōrā — literary technique
• Mongolian: хошигнол (xošignol) — literary technique
• Mongolian: хошин (xošin) — literary technique
• Norwegian Bokmål: satire — literary technique
• Ossetian: сатирӕ (satiræ) — literary technique
• Pashto: طنز (tanz) — literary technique
• Pashto: هجوه (háǰwa) — literary technique
• Persian: طنز (tanz) — literary technique
• Persian: هجو (hajv) — literary technique
• Polish: satyra — literary technique
• Portuguese: sátira — literary technique
• Romanian: satiră — literary technique
• Russian: сати́ра (satíra) — literary technique
• Scottish Gaelic: aoir — literary technique
• Serbo-Croatian: са̀тира — literary technique
• Serbo-Croatian: sàtira — literary technique
• Slovak: satira — literary technique
• Slovene: satira — literary technique
• Spanish: sátira — literary technique
• Swahili: tashtiti — literary technique
• Swedish: satir — literary technique
• Tagalog: satira — literary technique
• Tajik: ҳаҷв (hajv) — literary technique
• Tajik: танз (tanz) — literary technique
• Thai: การเสียดสี (gaan-sìiat-sǐi) — literary technique
• Turkish: yergi — literary technique
• Turkish: hiciv — literary technique
• Turkmen: satira — literary technique
• Ukrainian: сати́ра (satýra) — literary technique
• Urdu: طنز (tanz) — literary technique
• Urdu: ہجو (hajv) — literary technique
• Uyghur: ھەجۋە (hejwe) — literary technique
• Uyghur: ساتىرا (satira) — literary technique
• Uzbek: satira — literary technique
• Uzbek: hajv — literary technique
• Vietnamese: châm biếm — literary technique
• Volapük: satir — literary technique