satire

satire

See also: Satire

English

Satire often takes the form of drawn art, like in this early 19th century cartoon

Etymology

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 σατυρικόν δράμα (saturikón dráma, “satyr drama”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsætaɪɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsætaɪə/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: sat‧ire

Noun

satire (countable and uncountable, plural satires)

1. (uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
2. (countable) A satirical work.

   a stinging satire of American politics.

3. (uncountable, dated) Severity of remark.

Usage notes

Often confused with parody, which does not necessarily have an element of social change.

Derived terms

• satirically
• satiric, satirical
• satirise, satirize
• satirist
• unsatirised, unsatirized

 

Translations

literary technique

Afrikaans: satire Albanian: satirë (sq) f Arabic: هِجَاء‎ m (hijāʾ), هَجْو‎ m (hajw) Armenian: երգիծանք (hy) (ergicankʿ), երգիծաբանություն (hy) (ergicabanutʿyun) Azerbaijani: satira, həcv Belarusian: саты́ра f (satýra) Bulgarian: са́тира (bg) f (sátira) Burmese: သရော်စာ (my) (sa.rauca) Catalan: sàtira (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 諷刺, 讽刺 (fung3 ci3) Mandarin: 諷刺／讽刺 (zh) (fěngcì) Min Nan: 諷刺 (zh-min-nan), 讽刺 (hóng-chhì) Czech: satira (cs) f Danish: satire c Dutch: satire (nl) f Estonian: satiir Finnish: satiiri (fi) French: satire (fr) f Georgian: სატირა (saṭira) German: Satire (de) f Greek: σάτιρα (el) f (sátira) Haitian Creole: satir Hebrew: סָטִירָה \\ סאטירה‎ (he) f (satíra) Hindi: कटूपहास (kaṭūphās), उपसाह (upsāh) Hungarian: szatíra (hu) Icelandic: satíra f, háðsádeila (is) f Irish: aoir f Italian: satira (it) f, satirica f (uncommon) Japanese: 風刺 (ja) (ふうし, fūshi), 皮肉 (ja) (ひにく, hiniku) Kazakh: сатира (satira), сықақ (syqaq) Korean: 풍자(風刺) (ko) (pungja) Kyrgyz: сатира (ky) (satira) Latvian: satīra f Lithuanian: satyra f Macedonian: сатира f (satira) Malay: satira Maori: kōrero whakarōrā Mongolian: Cyrillic: хошигнол (mn) (xošignol), хошин (mn) (xošin) Norwegian: Bokmål: satire (no) m Ossetian: сатирӕ (satiræ) Pashto: طنز‎ (ps) m (tanz), هجوه‎ f (háǰwa) Persian: طنز‎ (fa) (tanz), هجو‎ (fa) (hajv) Polish: satyra (pl) f Portuguese: sátira (pt) f Romanian: satiră (ro) f Russian: сати́ра (ru) f (satíra) Scottish Gaelic: aoir f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: са̀тира f Roman: sàtira (sh) f Slovak: satira f Slovene: satira (sl) f Spanish: sátira (es) f Swedish: satir (sv) c Tagalog: satira Tajik: ҳаҷв (hajv), танз (tanz) Thai: การเสียดสี (th) (gaan-sìiat-sǐi) Turkish: yergi (tr), hiciv (tr) Turkmen: satira Ukrainian: сати́ра f (satýra) Urdu: طنز‎ (tanz), ہجو‎ (hajv) Uyghur: ھەجۋە‎ (hejwe), ساتىرا‎ (satira) Uzbek: satira (uz), hajv (uz) Vietnamese: châm biếm (vi) Volapük: satir

Further reading

• satire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• satire in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• striae, striæ, terais, terasi

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /satiːrə/, [saˈtˢiːɐ]

Noun

satire c (singular definite satiren, plural indefinite satirer)

1. satire

Inflection

Declension of satire

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	satire	satiren	satirer	satirerne
genitive	satires	satirens	satirers	satirernes

Related terms

• satiriker ("satirist")
• satirisere ("satirize")
• satirisk ("satiric", "satirical")

Further reading

• satire on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French satire, German Satire or Latin satira, from Latin satur but influenced by Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaːˈtiː.rə/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: sa‧ti‧re
• Rhymes: -iːrə

Noun

satire f (plural satires or satiren)

1. A satire.

Derived terms

• satiriek
• satirisch
• satirist

Related terms

• satyr

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French

Etymology

From Middle French satire, from Old French, from Latin satira, from earlier satura.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

satire f (plural satires)

1. satire

Further reading

• “satire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

satire f

1. plural of satira

Anagrams

• ariste, estrai, restai, restia, risate, ritesa, sartie, sitare, starei, tarsie

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin satura, satira.

Noun

satire m (definite singular satiren, indefinite plural satirer, definite plural satirene)

1. satire

Derived terms

• satirisk

References

• “satire” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin satura, satira.

Noun

satire m (definite singular satiren, indefinite plural satirar, definite plural satirane)

1. satire

Derived terms

• satirisk

References

• “satire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.