charade
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French charade, of disputed origin.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: shəräd", shərād", IPA: /ʃəˈɹɑːd/, /ʃəˈɹeɪd/, SAMPA: /S@"r\A:d/, /S@"r\eId/
- (US) enPR: shərād", IPA: /ʃɚˈɹeɪd/, SAMPA: /S@"reId/
- Rhymes: -eɪd
[edit] Noun
charade (plural charades)
- Something apparently real but based on pretence/pretense.
- She said she loved me but it was only a charade.
- (in plural) A party game in which players mime a word or phrase that the other players must try to guess.
[edit] See also
- See also Wikisaurus:fake
- sham
[edit] External links
- charade in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- charade in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- charade at OneLook Dictionary Search
