caricature

English

Wikipedia

A caricature of Abraham Lincoln.

Etymology

From French caricature.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊɚ/, 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.
2. A grotesque misrepresentation.

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) Polish: karykatura (pl) f. Portuguese: caricatura (pt) f. Russian: карикатура (ru) (karikatúra) f., шарж (ru) (šarž) m. 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) 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.