caricature

English

Wikipedia

A caricature of Abraham Lincoln.

Etymology

From French caricature.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"k{r.I.k@.tSU@/

Noun

caricature (plural caricatures)

1. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
   • 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, The Onion AV Club:

     Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes.

2. A grotesque misrepresentation.
   • Macaulay

     A grotesque caricature of virtue.

Translations

pictorial representation of someone for comic effect

• Arabic: كاريكاتير (ar) (karikatiir) m, كاريكاتور (ar) (karikatuur) m, رسم هزلي (ar) (rasm hazliy) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡通 (cmn) (kǎtōng), 諷刺畫 (cmn), 讽刺画 (cmn) (fěngcìhuà), 漫畫 (cmn), 漫画 (cmn) (mànhuà)

• Czech: karikatura (cs) f
• Dutch: karikatuur (nl) f
• Finnish: pilakuva (fi), karikatyyri (fi)
• French: caricature (fr) f
• German: Karikatur (de) f
• Hungarian: karikatúra (hu)

• Japanese: 風刺画 (ja) (ふうしが, fūshiga), 戯画 (ja) (ぎが, giga), 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga)
• Korean: 만화 (ko) (manhwa) (漫畫)
• Malay: karikatur (ms)
• Polish: karykatura (pl) f
• Portuguese: caricatura (pt) f
• Russian: карикатура (ru) (karikatúra) f , шарж (ru) (šarž) m 
• Slovak: karikatúra (sk) f
• Turkish: karikatür (tr)
• Vietnamese: mạn họa (vi) (漫畫)

grotesque misrepresentation

• Arabic: كاريكاتور (ar) (karikatuur) m, رسم هزلي (ar) (rasm hazliy) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡通 (cmn) (kǎtōng), 諷刺畫 (cmn), 讽刺画 (cmn) (fěngcìhuà)

• Czech: karikatura (cs) f
• Dutch: karikatuur (nl) f
• Finnish: irvikuva
• French: caricature (fr)

• German: Karikatur (de) f
• Hungarian: karikatúra (hu)
• Japanese: 風刺画 (ja) (ふうしが, fūshiga), 戯画 (ja) (ぎが, giga)
• Polish: karykatura (pl) f
• Portuguese: caricatura (pt) f
• Russian: карикатура (ru) (karikatúra) f , шарж (ru) (šarž) m 

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• Hebrew: קריקטורה (qariqat'ura) f - noun
• Kurdish: karîkatûr

Descendants

• Tagalog: karikatura

Verb

caricature (third-person singular simple present caricatures, present participle caricaturing, simple past and past participle caricatured)

1. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

Derived terms

• caricaturist

Translations

represent in exaggerated manner

• Czech: karikovat (cs)
• Dutch: karikaturiseren (nl), vertekenen (nl)
• German: karikieren (de)

• Polish: karykaturować (pl)
• Swedish: karikatyr (sv)

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French

Etymology

From Italian caricatura.

Noun

caricature f (plural caricatures)

1. caricature

Derived terms

• caricaturer

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Italian

Noun

caricature f

1. Plural form of caricatura