satire

See also: Satire

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Implied in satiric (attested in 1387), 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”).

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. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this.

   A stinging satire of American politics.

2. (countable) A satirical work.

Derived terms

• satiric, satirical
• satirically
• satirist

Translations

literary technique

• Afrikaans: satire
• Albanian: satirë f
• Arabic: الأسلوب الساخر m, الساخر m
• Armenian: երգիծանք (ergicankʿ)
• Azeri: satira
• Belarusian: сатыра f (satyra)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 讽刺 (zh) (fèngcì)

• Czech: satira (cs) f
• Danish: satire c
• Finnish: satiiri (fi)
• French: satire (fr) f
• Georgian: სატირა (satira)
• German: Satire (de) f
• Greek: σάτιρα (el) (sátira)

• Haitian Creole: satir
• Italian: satira (it) f
• Japanese: 風刺 (ja) (fūshi)
• Norwegian: satire (no) m
• Ossetian: сатирæ (satiræ)
• Polish: satyra (pl) f
• Portuguese: sátira (pt) f
• Romanian: satiră (ro) f
• Russian: сатира (ru) f (satíra)
• Scottish Gaelic: aoir f
• Spanish: sátira f
• Swedish: satir (sv)
• Turkish: yergi (tr)
• Ukrainian: сатира f (satýra)

External links

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

Anagrams

• striae
• terais

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /satiːrə/, [saˈtˢiːɐ]

Noun

satire c (singular definite satiren, plural indefinite satirer)

1. satire

Inflection

Inflection 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")

External links

• Satire on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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French

Noun

satire f (plural satires)

1. satire

External links

• "satire" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Noun

satire f

1. plural form of satira

Anagrams

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